Quote Originally Posted by Drac View Post
Assuming that Elizabeth doesn't outlive Charles

Jim
I was of course dealing with what would be the expected normal course of events that parents do not outlive their offspring.

Bren - it does not work like a US company. Until recently our monarchical system worked upon "male preference primogeniture" and although this has now changed it does not apply to any of the royal family living at the time of the change, only to new borns following the change.

The eldest male child of the Sovereign was therefore the Heir Apparent even should they have an older sister who could only even be Heir Presumptive and who could be displaced should a younger brother appear.

If you read the constitutional arguments made at the time of the Abdication, it was clear that a Morganatic marriage was not acceptable and that whoever married the King would become by right and title, Queen Consort. Wallis Simpson was rejected by the country on that basis, they would not accept her married to the King with a lesser title and because she was divorced she was not considered acceptable as Queen. Times may have changed but if Camilla has been accepted as Charles' wife by the country then as such she has the right to be Queen in name.

I would take bets on it.