Both of them are married or partners of the next in line to the throne. This means that neither
If William dies before Kate and their son Prince George becomes king, Kate will then become the Queen Mother.
According to Royal protocol, Kate, along with other female members of the family including Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, Meghan Markle and Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, must curtsey to the King and Queen Camilla as they are the most senior members of the family and male royals are expected to bow their heads.
William certainly has the option of choosing a new regnal name when he becomes King (perhaps one of his middle names: Arthur, Philip, or Louis, or George, like his great-grandfather), but if he keeps William, he would be known as King William V. For her part, Kate will be known as Queen consort, and will hold the title ...
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.”
Will Queen Consort Camilla become Queen? Yes. After the coronation, she will be known as Queen Camilla. She will not become the monarch because the throne can only be inherited, but will take the Queen title since she is Charles's wife.
The Duchess of Cornwall, who has been married to Prince Charles since 2005, will not become Queen because the throne can only be inherited and cannot be taken by members who married into the royal family.
Royal Inheritance
Representatives told Forbes in 2021 that Harry was not a beneficiary of any of the $100 million left to the royal family by his great-grandmother, the Queen Mother.
In the event of Prince William's death occurring before King Charles', Prince Harry would still not be the next choice for King, instead that honour would move on to Prince William's eldest son, Prince George.
With accession of Prince Charles to the throne, his eldest son has become the heir apparent, the Prince of Wales and the 25th Duke of Cornwall. Along with this title, Prince William automatically inherits the Duchy of Cornwall, which has been an income stream for his father for more than half a century.
Unclear if this was an intentional snub, but what we do know is that Prince William–and every member of the British royal family—is expected to bow to Queen Camilla.
All royals are expected to bow or curtsy to the sovereign and his wife, King Charles and Queen Camilla.
There are no obligatory codes of behaviour when meeting The Queen or a member of the Royal Family, but many people wish to observe the traditional forms. For men this is a neck bow (from the head only) whilst women do a small curtsy.
Princess inherited Queen Elizabeth's jewellery
According to Radar Online, Princess Kate is expected to inherit Queen Elizabeth's jewellery collection, estimated to be worth around $110 million (£90.67 million) and has over 300 personal pieces that belonged to the late Queen and not the Crown.
If tradition prevails, most of the Queen's personal jewels will be passed on to King Charles III and Queen Camilla. It is speculated that Catherine, Princess of Wales will also receive some of the jewels as she will eventually be Queen.
Read more. Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Willam and Kate. William and Kate's titles were updated to Prince and Princess of Wales, a title historically held by those first in line.
But, if something were to happen to the sovereign, the crown automatically passes to the next in line. That's typically the monarch's oldest child. In this case, Prince William, 40, would inherit the throne – that's why he now has the Prince of Wales title, a role usually reserved for the male heir apparent.
Princess Charlotte has been refered as "the richest kid in the world" due to her status as a member of the British royal family, which is one of the wealthiest and most prominent royal families in the world.
As they step back as senior members of the Royal Family and no longer receive funding through the Sovereign Grant, they will become members of the Royal Family with financial independence which is something they look forward to.
Prince Philip Reportedly Left £30 Million in His Will to “Three Key Staff” Members. Prince Harry is also apparently expected to receive an inheritance. Prince Philip apparently left an extremely generous sum to his closest aides upon his passing in early April.
However, the royal family wasn't interested in having Camilla as its princess. For one thing, she was perceived as an “experienced” woman, which was a nonstarter for the royal family back then in terms of a suitable spouse for Prince Charles.
Camilla wasn't considered a suitable match for the Prince of Wales. Prince Charles and Camilla at a polo match in 1975. Even if Charles had wanted to settle down, he would have encountered those with serious doubts about whether Camilla was an appropriate bride for the heir to the throne.
Instead, Augusta held the title of "Dowager Princess of Wales" (a precedent was Henry VII of England's mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, titled "My Lady the King's Mother"); Srinagarindra meanwhile received the designation "Princess Mother". As there is only one monarch, there can only be one queen mother.
Will Camilla become the reigning queen if Charles dies? And, even more notably, there is no chance of Camilla ever becoming the reigning queen. Only members of the royal family who are born in the direct line of succession to the British throne (i.e. children of a reigning king or queen) can ever become monarch.
The difference between the Queen and the Queen Consort is that a Queen ascends to the throne through succession. On the other hand, Queen Consort is the wife of the reigning monarch.