If the unthinkable were to happen to King Charles III, Queen Consort Camilla would be referred to as the Queen Dowager, but not the Queen Mother, as other widowed Queen Consorts are sometimes known. The difference is that those with the Queen Mother title are mothers to the next reigning monarch. As Camilla is stepmother to the next in line to reign, William, Prince of Wales, she would not receive that title.
As the assumed Queen Dowager, Camilla would follow in a long line of widowers who assumed the same title. In 1837, after her husband King William IV died, Queen Adelaide received the title. Like Camilla and Charles, Adelaide and William had no children, and thus the throne was passed to William’s niece, the renowned Queen Victoria. Another example of a queen dowager who was not a queen mother is Joan of Navarre, the widow of King Henry IV who was also stepmother to King Henry V.
Just because Camilla would not be Queen Consort anymore in the case of the king’s death, doesn’t mean that she won’t still be a working member of the royal family, though.
Post source: The List
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