Queen Elizabeth to Camilla Parker Bowles: You’re in the Club

Queen Elizabeth answered a lingering, somewhat indiscreet question hovering over the British throne just in time for the commencement of her Platinum Jubilee: When Prince Charles becomes king, his wife, Camilla Parker Bowles, should have the title of Queen Consort, the queen said, putting an end to years of speculation. The news was signaled by the queen herself in a statement released late Saturday, the eve of the 70th anniversary of Accession Day. (One presumes this was after she was photographed at Sandringham House stabbing a cake and chatting up the creator of Coronation Chicken.) The queen’s statement read that… Read Full Article