Queen Elizabeth II said in a message to the nation this Saturday, on the eve of her platinum jubilee, that Camilla, wife of her son Charles, should be queen consort when the prince succeeds her to the throne.
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The 95-year-old sovereign expressed her "
sincere wish
" that "
Camilla be appointed as queen consort
" when Charles is king, in a message on the eve of the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne.
Until now it was accepted that the second wife of Prince Charles would only be a princess consort.