Prince Charles responds after ‘darling’ wife Camilla made Queen-in-waiting
Prince Charles has said he is ‘deeply conscious of the honour represented by my mother’s wish’ after the Queen said she wants his wife Camilla to become queen consort when she dies.
On the eve of her Platinum Jubilee, the Queen issued a statement saying it was her ‘sincere wish’ that Camilla will be known as Queen Consort when her husband becomes King.
Today, her eldest son Charles paid tribute to the Queen on reaching the milestone, saying his mother’s ‘devotion to the welfare of all her people inspires still greater admiration with each passing year’.
The Prince of Wales said in a statement: ‘On this historic day, my wife and I join you all in congratulating Her Majesty The Queen on the remarkable achievement of serving this nation, the realms and Commonwealth for seventy years.
‘The Queen’s devotion to the welfare of all her people inspires still greater admiration with each passing year.
‘We are deeply conscious of the honour represented by my mother’s wish.
‘As we have sought together to serve and support Her Majesty and the people of our communities, my darling wife has been my own steadfast support throughout.
‘The year of this unprecedented Platinum Jubilee brings an opportunity for us all to come together in celebrating the service of The Queen, by whose example we will continue to be led in the years to come.’
The Queen, who came to the throne on February 6 1952 when she was just 25, is spending the anniversary of her Accession Day privately on the Sandringham estate in remembrance of her father George VI, whose death marked the start of her reign.
This Jubilee is her first without her beloved husband of 73 years the Duke of Edinburgh, who died 10 months ago.
National celebrations marking the Queen’s record-breaking service on the throne will be staged during a special four-day bank holiday weekend from June 2-5.
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