Queen's Platinum Jubilee message: Camilla to be Queen Consort

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Last week, the Queen, 95, used her Platinum Jubilee message to express her “sincere wish” that the Duchess of Cornwall takes on the title of Queen Consort when Charles is ruler. The unexpected announcement saw Her Majesty make her intentions for the future of the monarchy public for the first time.

A YouGov poll that asks the public “Should the Duchess of Cornwall become Queen if Prince Charle becomes King?” charts the change in opinion on a bi-annual basis, with data dating back to 2019.

The most recent findings dating from November show that just 14 percent of respondents thought she should take on the “Queen Consort” title.

While 41 percent said she should have the Princess Consort title that had previously been confirmed as the one she would be taking.

However, following the Queen’s announcement, that Camilla would become Queen Consort, there’s a suggestion that the monarch’s intervention might have shifted opinion.

In the past, the public had shown some ill feelings towards the Duchess, mainly at the beginning of her relationship with Charles.

At the time of Princess Diana’s death in 1997, Camilla was not officially a royal, and she was known for being Prince Charles’s mistress and the reason he divorced Diana.

After joining the Firm in 2005 following her marriage to Prince Charles, Camilla was still often regarded as the “third person” in his marriage to Princess Diana.

However, according to a new poll by JL Partners for the Daily Mail conducted in the days after the Queen’s announcement, a clear majority of all age groups backed Camilla getting the new title.

The survey found 55 per cent of Britons support the move, almost double the 28 per cent opposed.

According to the survey, more respondents than not thought Camilla would make a good Queen, and that Charles and Camilla would be an asset to Britain when they take to the helm.

Now, Kinsey Schofield, royal commentator and PR expert, claims Meghan Markle could take a leaf out of the Duchess of Cornwall’s book in order to “heal all wounds” with the Royal Family.

Like Camilla, Meghan has received a lot of negative press since joining the royal family.

Meghan, 40, also saw a decline in her popularity after departing the Firm, particularly in the months following her and Prince Harry’s bombshell tell-all interview.

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The couple made a series of seismic claims about their time as senior royals that rocked the monarchy’s foundations.

Ms Schofield, the founder of Los Angeles-based royals site ToDiForDaily.com claims that Meghan should utilise her deals with Spotify and Netflix to make amends with the Firm.

She told Express.co.uk: “In Camilla’s humble and quiet approach to serving, she has won the public and the press over.

“Time heals all wounds and thanks to that, Camilla has been forgiven for a lot of hurt.

“The same will be said about Meghan Markle if she uses platforms like Spotify, Netflix, and any future book deals to uplift instead of tear down.”

Also on Tuesday at her first outing since the Queen paved the way for her to become Queen Camilla, the Duchess received a popular reaction from the crowds and on social media.

According to royal correspondent Emily Nash, there were even some pupils at Roundhill Primary School who had referred to the Duchess as “Queen Camilla”.

Also since joining the Firm, she has championed several causes that her close to her heart, including literacy and sexual violence against women.

In recent years she has also stepped up to further royal duties and has accompanied her husband Prince Charles and her mother-in-law the Queen to high profile events including the State Opening of Parliament and has been at receptions for world leaders at the G7 summit in June and the COP26 summit.

Meanwhile, positive opinion of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex continues to decline in the UK according to pollster YouGov.

Currently, it ranks her as disliked by 45 percent of participants in their surveys.

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