Camilla will be formally known as Queen Consort now that her husband Charles is King. Here's what what the title means for the royal family.
The Queen, as head of the Anglican Church, did not attend the ceremony, but did host and attend the reception at Windsor Castle afterwards.
"That's a very unusual situation in the normal course of events — the wife of a king in Britain is known as queen consort."that it was now her "sincere wish" that Camilla be known as queen consort when Charles came to the throne.Prince Philip was the longest-serving British consort in history and held the title prince consort for 69 years.
"The British parliament asked William of Orange, who was related to the British dynasty but only remotely, and his wife Mary, who was James's eldest Protestant daughter, to become the new monarchs," Dr McCreery said."This is quite an important but really unusual event where it's really important for the sake of the stability of the crown that you had a king and queen ruling together.
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