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By Stephen Bates
LONDON, MARCH 22. Just when they thought the legal tangles over Prince Charles's wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles on April 8 had been resolved, royal officials were last night confronted with the U.K. Government's confirmation that she will indeed become Queen when her husband succeeds to the throne. A one-word response in the obscurity of a parliamentary written answer gave Ministers' official view that the marriage will not be morganatic — a union where the partner of the sovereign does not have royal status. A spokeswoman for the U.K. Department for Constitutional Affairs confirmed that legislation would be required, not only in Britain but in the 17 Commonwealth countries which have the British monarch as head of state, if the King's wife is to be deprived of the title of Queen.
Uncertainty
The spokeswoman said, with the uncertainty which has characterised the department's involvement in the wedding to date: ``I think that's probably the case because in all similar circumstances in past royal marriages that is what has happened. But I think she is not going to be referred to as Queen. She will be referred to as princess consort.'' The issue is significant because part of the careful choreography surrounding the quest for public acceptance of Mrs Parker Bowles's position has been a constant denial that she would ever be Queen Camilla, though it is thought that that was Prince Charles's ambition for her. - Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004
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