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

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Her blessing for the Duchess of Cornwall is the monarch “future-proofing” the institution in a bid for as “trouble-free” a transition as possible, a royal commentator has told PA. Using her historic milestone to shape the future of the monarchy, the Queen called on the nation to support both Camilla as Queen and Charles as King.

The head of state said in the written message: “I would like to express my thanks to you all for your support.

“I remain eternally grateful for, and humbled by, the loyalty and affection that you continue to give me.

“And when, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes King, I know you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have given me; and it is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own loyal service.”

Calling it the most “extraordinary message”, former BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt told the PA news agency: “The Queen is ensuring the transition, when it comes, to her son as king is as seamless and trouble free as possible.

“She’s future-proofing an institution she’s served for seventy years.

“And for Camilla, the journey from being the third person in a marriage to queen-in-waiting, is complete.”

Camilla would technically have been Queen when Charles acceded to the throne, and it could only have been prevented with legislation.

When the couple married in 2005, royal aides insisted Camilla “intended” to be known as Princess Consort.

At the time, she was blamed for the breakdown of the heir to the throne’s marriage to Princess Diana.

Royal author Penny Junor said the intervention was “an endorsement from the top”.

Ms Junor said: “This is the Queen’s wish. This is not about Charles being headstrong and wanting this for the woman he loves.

“It is a proper endorsement from the top and it’s right and well deserved, and just as it should be.”

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Describing it as the “perfect” way for the Queen to mark her Platinum Jubilee, she added that the monarch was being realistic by setting out plans for the next royal age.

Mr Junor continued: “The Queen is realistic. She’s 95 years old.

“It will do a great deal for the mother-son relationship. Charles will be very very pleased.”

Ms Junor said the Queen’s approval for the duchess would lead to the public accepting Camilla being one day known as Queen.

She said: “It had been suggested to me in the past the only way the public would find it acceptable for Camilla to be Queen was for the Queen herself to make it clear this is what she wanted.”

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