Both of them are married or partners of the next in line to the throne. This means that neither
Kate will instead be a queen consort, the wife of a reigning king (William, of course). In the role, she will support her husband in his duties, attend engagements, and help with charitable organizations that resonate with her.
The last person to hold the title Queen Consort was the current queen's mother. When her husband King George VI died in 1952 she was officially re-styled Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. If William dies before Kate and their son Prince George becomes king, Kate will then become the Queen Mother.
As Camilla is excluded from the Windsor bloodline, she would not be the sole queen in the event that Charles passes away before she does. Rather, Charles's eldest son, William, 41, will take the throne as monarch of the United Kingdom, alongside his wife and the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton.
In the event of Charles' passing, Camilla's step son Prince William will ascend the throne as King of the United Kingdom and 14 commonwealth realms. Automatically, Camilla's title would change as Kate Middleton would take over the title of Queen.
Queen Camilla's Title Will Be "Queen Dowager" If She Outlives King Charles. If Camilla outlives her husband, she will occupy a unique role in the royal family.
A change in the Church of England's rules about remarriage after divorce, which took effect in 2002, made it possible for Charles to marry Camilla.
Even if she had desired to skip her eldest son, Charles, in favour of her grandson, William, she did not have the power to choose her successor on a whim.
What's the difference between the Queen and the Queen Consort? The reigning monarch's wife is traditionally known as the Queen Consort, while the Queen (technically the “Queen Regnant”) refers to a woman who has ascended the throne through the pre-established familial line of succession and has sovereign power.
As there is only one monarch, there can only be one queen mother. It is possible for there to be a queen mother and one or more queens dowager alive at any one time.
What Kate called the Queen. While the rest of the world was required to address Queen Elizabeth as Ma'am or your majesty, those closest to her are allowed to refer to her as Mama, according to Ingrid Seward, the editor of Majesty magazine.
Why isn't Kate called Princess? Even though Kate's mother-in-law was legendary 'Princess Diana', she is not a princess just because she married Prince William. To become a Princess, one has to be born into the Royal Family such as Prince William and Kate's daughter, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.
As for why the Queen left Meghan out of her inheritance, Radar Online's source speculated that it could be due to either “practicality” or Harry and Meghan's drama with the British royal family in the years leading up to the Queen's death.
Prince William defied royal protocol at the King's Coronation when he chose not to bow to Queen Camilla at the Coronation Concert. A body language expert claims that the Prince of Wales might have found it strange to perform such a gesture to his stepmother.
Princess Charlotte
She would become Queen only if Prince George predeceased her without having any living children.
So, the bottom line? Yes, Prince Harry could one day be King...but there'd need to be a lot of unfortunate and premature deaths in order for that to happen. And even if it did happen, there's no certainty that the present Duke of Sussex would actually want to take on the role (he could very well choose to abdicate).
A consort is the title for the wife or husband of a monarch. In the past consorts have mostly been queens consort. A royal consort has no constitutional power but supports their spouse in his or her duties as sovereign. There are a several other titles for queens.
Despite speculation, she will not retain the Queen Camilla title in the event of Charles' death. If she is alive to see Prince William succeed his father to become the ruling monarch, she will become Queen Dowager, as the widow of the departed King.
Protocol dictates that literally everyone bows to King Charles upon greeting him, which we've maybe seen in action in the photo below. Honestly, though, this could be Prince William and Kate Middleton climbing stairs… while also bowing?
Equally now, if Prince William dies before King Charles, William's son Prince George of Cambridge, will be next in line to the throne, not Prince Charles' second son Prince Harry.
The 1701 Act of Settlement is the act of Parliament that determines the succession to the throne and requires that a monarch's heir must be his or her direct successor (and a Protestant). That's Charles, not William.
Camilla may have been at Diana's wedding but she was not welcome at her funeral, which was watched by an estimated 2.5 billion people around the world. Still, to many her absence echoed around the ancient hall. The Queen made it clear to Charles that he could not take his paramour to the service.
According to ABC News, “If Diana were still alive, Charles could remarry, because they were legally divorced. But he couldn't do it in an Anglican church.”
According to the Telegraph, the Queen bowed out because of her role as head of the Church of England, which discourages divorce. This prominent role meant she would have had to uphold the Church's values. It's believed her duties outweighed familial obligations when making this decision.
As NBC royal commentator Daisy McAndrew puts it, a “queen consort is a woman who married a man who is king,” and a “queen is a woman who is born to be queen and is head of state — not the wife of a monarch.”