Is Prince Charles, Camilla's Marriage 'Morganatic'? Royal Fans Discuss

Prince Charles will one day be king and when this happens, Camilla Parker Bowles will be crowned as his queen.

On the online forum site Quora, royal fans discussed whether or not the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall have a morganatic marriage, which means that Camilla will only become Prince Charles’ consort when he is crowned.

Leslie Friedrich, a royalty writer, said that the royal couple’s marriage is not morganatic.

“There will be no issue of this marriage due to their age when they married. If there were children of this marriage, they would follow their half-brothers in the line of succession after Henry and his children,” she said.

Eileen Wood, a real estate assistant, also said that Prince Charles and Camilla do not have a morganatic marriage. What the couple has is a plain old-fashioned modern-day second-for-each marriage.

“There is absolutely no legal barrier to Camilla becoming Queen Consort. She has every right to that title, and I hope Charles gives the Diana cultists the bird and bestows it upon her,” she said.

Wood also said that the Princess Consort title for Camilla was just mentioned to appease Princess Diana’s supporters because of the Royals’ wicked history. Prince Charles and Princess Diana were still married when the future King had an affair with Camilla.

Fil Windsor, a graduate from the University of Canterbury, shared an entirely different perspective on the matter. He said that it had already been announced that Camilla will be dubbed as Princess Consort when Prince Charles becomes King. If this will be the case, the royal couple could have a morganatic marriage.

Windsor defined morganatic marriages as a marriage between people of unequal social rank. In the context of the royal family, being in a morganatic marriage prevents the passing of the husband’s titles and privileges to the wife and children born during their marriage.

At present, Prince Charles and Camilla still share the same rank as HRH.