Camilla is queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Following her marriage to Prince Charles in 2005, Camilla took the title duchess of Cornwall and said that she did not wish to be called queen. According to reports, she preferred a lower profile and feared the scrutiny and protocols that would come with being queen. In addition, some speculated that she wanted to respect Princess Diana, who had been Charles’s first wife and remained hugely popular in the years following her death in a 1997 car accident.
However, just months before her death in 2022, Elizabeth II announced that Camilla should be known as queen consort when Charles became king. With Charles’s ascension, Camilla assumed the role and was later crowned Queen Camilla on May 6, 2023, during her husband’s coronation.