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According to a law professor at Oxford University, the Duchess of Cornwall, 70, will be Queen because of the Treason Act 1351 and she is also the sovereign’s wife under section two of the Regency Act 1937.
The professor has revealed that Camilla will be Queen Consort, which is the title given to the wife of a monarch.
She will be the Queen in the legal and symbolic sense, but this does not mean that she will be given the royal title.
Professor Pavlos Eleftheriadis revealed to the Daily Star Online: “Camilla will be a ‘Queen’ in the limited legal sense of being the wife of the sovereign, or ‘Queen Consort’.”
The law professor said: “She cannot be forced to be called ‘Queen Consort’, but her role as the wife of the King is, by definition, that of Queen.
“This is, however, a very limited role, which need not involve the use of the title ‘Queen’.
“It is clear that Camilla is the wife of Prince Charles, the future sovereign. The civil ceremony was valid.
“Permission for the marriage was given by the Privy Council in March 2005, under the Royal Marriages Act 1772. This cannot be any longer in dispute. So when he accedes to the throne, she will be the wife of the King.
“The wife of a head of state is not a joint head of state, however. The Sovereign reigns on his or her own. In that sense Camilla will be a ‘Queen’ in the limited legal sense of being the wife of the sovereign.”
When Charles and Camilla wed, Clarence House issued a statement saying she intended to use the title “HRH The Princess Consort”.
A former Buckingham Palace spokesman Dickie Arbiter has said that Prince Charles may assume a different royal title when he becomes the king.
Mr Arbiter said: “He might choose one of his other names Philip, Arthur or George.”
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