King pays tribute to ‘steadfast devotion to duty’ of his ‘darling wife’ Camilla
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The King has paid tribute to the “steadfast devotion to duty” of his “darling wife” Camilla in his first address to the nation. “I know she will bring to the demands of her new role the steadfast devotion to duty on which I have come to rely so much.” The wife of a king automatically becomes a queen consort but there had been much controversy over whether Camilla would use the title. The Queen said it was her “sincere wish” that Camilla would take the title and called on the public to back both her daughter-in-law and Charles when he became King. Royal aides insisted, when she married Charles, that Camilla did not want to be queen and said originally that she “intended” to be known instead as Princess Consort – the first in British history – when Charles acceded to the throne.