Do you think as Camilla as the queen ?

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Hear me out , I have no problem with Camilla and never thought I would never see her as ( way back when ) as Charles wife when they married , my opinion,was they married and can rightly call herself as Duchess.
However , what I don't understand that when Queen Elizabeth was alive , her husband , Prince Phillip was always known as just that and never seen / addressed as King . Why is Camilla our queen when Phillip was never our king ? I'm confused .

No, in my mind she's queen because she's married to the king, but she's not THE queen.

Right you may be, but, this question is about whether people consider Camilla as "The Queen".

@Notmoog I'm a Veteran.

I was responding to a post that was factually incorrect.

The only Queen is Elizabeth the 2nd. Camilla will never be Queen in my eyes

Like some previous posters, when I hear mention of the queen I automatically think of Queen Elizabeth and then get confused as she has died. Then it occurs to me they're referring to Camilla. I think she's doing a good job, but I still don't think of her as Queen.

It makes no difference whether they consider her the queen or not, tbf. She is the Queen.

yes I think that is also a distinction I think of her as Queen Camilla because she is his consort I don’t however consider her to be THE Queen, like I do that Charles is THE King. The the is reserved for the Regnal Monarch and not the consort.

so at George VI’s funeral there would have been 2 Queens and the Queen and even though she was the youngest she would have been at the top

No. She doesn’t do much anyway - just bailed on Remembrance Ceremony.

@shellyleppard not even Vicky and Liz I ?
Were they not Queens? 😂

I read an article which mentioned the ‘queen’s first husband’ and I had to click through to work out who they were talking about.

My brain is still on the default settings.

Same for Duke of Edinburgh and Prince and Princess of Wales.

as to whether I accept her as The Queen, honestly couldn’t care less.

She IS the Queen, it doesn't really matter how I, or anyone else, think of her.

Yes, I thought exactly the same? I'm not a royalist at all but she will never be queen to me.

The media tried to smooth the way by calling her Queen Camilla for a long time, but "The Queen" is still too jarring for me.

But I'm a right royal hypocrite in as much as it really gets my back up the thought of Camilla somehow reigning over us, but I adored The Queen, and absolutely accepted her position as Head of state without question or comment!

What?

@Needmorelego sorry should have put in my lifetime....🤣🤣 Queen Elizabeth the 2nd was the always there . From the silver jubilee party in the 70's to the golden jubilee 💗

It's mad and old fashioned that King outranks Queen. Utter sexist tripe.

No.

Yes because she is.

Do I think of Camilla as the Queen? A lot of the time, yes, as I think of Charles being the King, but now and again I lapse when I hear words like 'Prince of Wales'. I spent over 70 years thinking of the monarch being QE2, and I've had about 2 years by comparison to think of Camilla being Queen, so I'm making the transition reasonably well.

My brain still goes to Elizabeth when I hear reference to the Queen but I do know that Camilla is now Queen Camilla

Nope 👎🏼
Home wrecker. Can't believe the old fart had the nerve to marry her in the end.

No.

Imo, she's the King's wife/consort.

She's not a Queen.

We had a Queen Regnant for 70 years who was always "The Queen" so the idea of "the Queen" being Camilla takes a bit of getting used to. She is though, like as others have said like Queen Mary/Queen Alexandra/Queen Eleanor/Queen Phillipa. Same title, same role.

I wonder if after Elizabeth I and Victoria people had the same periods of adjustment, probably I think.

I think that she has behaved appallingly in her life, but frankly she is a better queen than the sainted ER2. I like her focus on VAWG. I love that she has the Queen's Companions rather than Ladies in Waiting. And her clothes are fabulous.