Do you agree that the Duchess of Cambridge should become titled The Princess Consort when William becomes king?

Morganatic marriage isn't legal in the UK, so whatever title and rank her husband has, she will assume the female equivalent. That goes for all married women in the land and they can't really make it one rule for one person in this case.

It's currently intended for Camilla to use the title Princess Consort (which is unprecedented) when Charles becomes King, but that's not to say she would not legally still be Queen. She would just be going by another title (a bit like how, as the wife of the Prince of Wales, she is legally Princess of Wales). Besides, when William is King, he will also be the fount of honour - so if he wanted Catherine to be [referred to as] Queen, she would be.

No, and I don't think it's going to happen. It's true that there's a certain inequality in terms of what the husbands of queens regnant and the wives of kings are called, but in a constitutional monarchy in which no one exercises any real power, does it matter?

The UK does not have morganatic marriage whereby a woman can be legally denied the title that would normally belong to the wife of her husband, and I don't see the point of passing such a law. However, if one WERE to be passed, why not make it apply to the wives of peers as well? Why not insist that since a man who marries a duke's daughter gets no courtesy title while she remains "Lady," then a woman who marries a duke (or even a knight) should be just plain "Mrs."? Let's see how that goes over.

Other countries with constitutional monarchies observe the custom of giving the husband of a queen regnant the title of prince, while the wife of a king is a queen consort. It would look odd if the UK were the only western country that didn't.

By the way, as far as I'm concerned, Camilla, too, should use the title Queen Consort, which will be hers by right when Charles becomes King.

Legally, Camilla will be Queen-consort of the UK when Charles becomes King, even if she does choose to be styled as Princess-Consort.

Kate becomes Queen-Consort when William becomes King.

The MPs have naught to do with styles and titles. Only in a few cases (such as Edward VIII's abdication or the Honours List) did the Government of the Day become involved. The styles and titles are determined by the Sovereign as the Fount of Honour.

This seems like just change for the sake of change.

In the case of Camilla, it's being done as a condition of their marriage because both the Duchess of Cornwall and the Prince of Wales have been divorced.

Changing the way in which the crown is inherited, so that elder daughters are not disinherited in favour of younger sons, makes sense, but changing the "Queen Consort" title to "Princess Consort" is just kind of stupid. When the title "Prince Consort" was made for Prince Albert it was because they didn't want to have him titled as king - which is what happened in the case of the husbands of both Queen Mary I and Queen Mary II - and thus give him a lot more power to rule. The title "Prince Consort" was created to note that while the husband of the Queen, Prince Albert was not superior to the Queen and did not rule the United Kingdom. They could just as easily change the title "Prince Consort," which in itself is not an official one and is bestowed by the Queen, to "King Consort" and achieve the same effect. Or they could realize that changing it really does nothing and leave it as is.

The word "Queen" means "wife of a King". When Matilda, the daughter of Henry I beat Stephen and ruled England for a few months, she was called the Lady of England, not the Queen as she wasn't married to a King. She had been married to an Emperor and used the title Empress (she is also sometimes known by her other name, Maude).

The first ruling female to have the title "Queen" was Jane Grey but she did not last very long. Mary Tudor was the first recognised ruling Queen. Guilford Dudley, the husband of Jane Grey was given the title "King" as was Phillip of Spain, the husband of Mary I. Lord Darnley, the husband of Mary Queen of Scots, was also given the title "King". Mary II, the daughter of James II insisted that not only should her husband, William of Orange, be King but he should be co-regnant with her. The first Queen regnant whose husband was not give the title "King" was Queen Anne. Victoria wanted Albert to be given the title but Parliament refused. Eventually he was given the title Prince Consort which raised his status above everyone other than the Queen. Before that he was lower than royal dukes.

All six of Henry VIII's wives had the title "Queen" as has the wife of every king since King Alfred's grandson, Ethelstan. There is no precedent for Camilla not to be given the title and no reason why she should not be crowned either when Charles is crowned king. His grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, his great grandmother, Queen Mary and his great great grandmother Queen Alexandria were all crowned.

When William ascends to the throne, his wife will be Queen. Should Camilla still be alive she will be the Queen Dowager.

I think she should be Williams Queen as its always been although I may not live to see it ? Its up this MP. So no I dont think she should be Princess Consort,anyway as I had understood the Sovereign was the Fount of all Honour and could Kate to be what he wanted ?

No, she should become Queen consort.

The MP is just looking of headlines and the fact it is easier to talk about equality than the real issues of the day.

Parliament does, ultimately, control everything, so it could theoretically pass an Act saying that the wives of British kings shouldn't hold the title 'queen' as they have done for the past millennium. It won't, though. This idiot (if he did actually say and of this and the whole thing isn't just a new year hoax) has invented an 'issue' that simply doesn't exist.

She will be queen consort,that's it,when william is king she will be queen ,that's how it works,they will be known as King William V and queen Catherine.

"A rose is a rose is a rose"--No matter what her title, the wife of a British king is his queen consort, although political correctness might require a certain equality of titles between the husbands of reigning queens and the wives of kings.