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to want it to be known that the queen

38 replies

FivesAndNorks · 06/12/2012 09:24

Is kate's grandmother in law. Not mil.I'm sure I am actually but it is irrationally irritating me.

So just ignore :)

OP posts:
noddyholder · 06/12/2012 16:18

There is a royal family topic now so that those of us who have no interest in them can hide it

Alibabaandthe40nappies · 06/12/2012 16:26

msrisotto - she was.

But did it without flashing herself all over the papers, batting her eyelashes at journalists, moving from one boyfriend to another and then moaning that the media followed her.

Justforlaughs · 06/12/2012 16:32

Catherine Middleton would have been a bit of a mouthful wouldn't it, there is a better ring to Kate! Grin As for the Queen being referred to as her Grandmother, providing Catherine, her real grandmother, the Queen and any other members of the family don't object why should we?With regards to the OP, yes, the Queen is NOT and never will be her MIL! and Camilla is her step MIL, but again, if William has no objection then so what!

Justforlaughs · 06/12/2012 16:34

In fairness, calling Camilla "the OW" is probably a bit harsh as she would probably have married Charles and he would have married her in the first place if there weren't objections from higher up. And Diana certainly didn't marry him for love, did she?

FivesGoldNorks · 06/12/2012 16:36

Sorry noddy!

HipHopOpotomus · 06/12/2012 16:42

Yes I get why they shortened Catherine, but why to Kate with a 'K' not Cate with a 'C'. Surely if you shorted Catherine it is to Cate? Or is that v common? Or is there another reason for the initial change?

katese11 · 06/12/2012 16:44

as this is a pedantic thread can you tell me why Catherine is shortened to Kate and not Cate?

I'm a Catherine, shortened to Kate. It's normal and has been around for centuries. It's "Cate" that's the weird new variant. I'd never heard of it till Cate Blanchett!

Weasleyismyking · 06/12/2012 16:58

Why would Camilla or Diana or anyone married to the King be called Queen?
The current Queen's. Husband isn't called King (is he?) he's called Prince Phillip.

I thought they changed it to a K for Kate so it wouldn't look like WC on souveniers Smile

Justforlaughs · 06/12/2012 17:03

The shortened version of Katherine and Catherine is almost always Kate, as far as I know. Cate just looks weird! Grin
The wife of a King is always known as the Queen, but it is really the Queen Consort. A King is seen historically as being more important than a Queen (probably because a female monarch has always been a last resort) so the husband of a Queen is known as Prince Consort. (Prince being inferior in the hierarchy to a Queen)

YDdraigGoch · 06/12/2012 17:11

Camilla will be our Queen, whether or not we choose to give her another title, such as consort.

YDdraigGoch · 06/12/2012 17:14

Prince Philip is Prince because he is a prince in his own right. He is Prince Philip of Greece.

HipHopOpotomus · 06/12/2012 17:14

I think Weasley is probably right re WC :)

Re Phillip, if he was called King, then he would technically have a higher "rank" than the Queen (remember your chess pieces). Whereas the wife of a King can be called Queen as it's a 'lessor' rank - though how this still holds in the UK after a long tradition of amazing & long reigning Queens beggars belief.

Weasleyismyking · 06/12/2012 19:40

ah ok that makes sense. kinda, in an antiquated royal way.

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