I think one of the problems is that because she died at a relatively young age, that she was elevated to Saint status by some people. Marriages end, and there were definitely faults on both sides of that one. I like to think that had she not died, she would have eventually found happiness and re-married (It wouldn't have been Dodi), and that Charles and her would eventually just settle into some kind of friendship where they would be fine with having joint family occassions for their children and grandchildren. I don't think that she would have liked what Harry has done, although I kind of think that she might have ended up being jealous of the popularity and appeal of William and Catherine.
Exactly. I don’t think Diana would still be fussed in any way if Camilla is called Princess or Queen. If she was still deeply hurt after over 25 years, that would be highly irritating. Especially because Charles and her seemed to be getting to a more amicable point around her death. She would have moved on and very probably dropped into a more insignificant life. You cannot keep up this kind of hype forever and the whole Saint Diana narrative would have broken down at one point.
And regarding the cheating- people really need to look at reality. Statistically 1 in 5 people have an affair. And it’s really nobody business but theirs and their spouses. If you really would like to fire them (because that’s basically what taking the title from them means) that would make a pretty strange world we live in. People that are so invested in the live life of others maybe need to step back and ask themselves why. I mean, I get saying that you don’t want a cheater to represent you as PM, HoS or as department leader. But it’s not completely (you can still get outnumbered in an election) up to you and it would definitely not point at Camilla but Charles. The only real problem is the undignified way all this played out in public. Apart from that I couldn’t care less if Charles and Di shagged each 35 people in their wedding night. And looking at all the other royal houses- we have at least three Kings (one in exile) that had HUGE cheating scandals.
Charles’ wife would always be Queen. The wife of a King is a Queen. Not using the title doesn’t change a thing. The consort addition is only used outside the official stuff so that people who don’t really know how it works realise that she is not the monarch. Neither Maxima, Letizia, Sonja, Mathilde or Silvia are called Queen consort. I am not even sure the description officially exists.
It is good that HMTQ tests the waters and prepares the people for the next monarch. [Much better would be a statement by Wiliam though (ideally joined with Harry but that’s out of the question I guess). Because if Diana’s children are fine there is really no need to for everyone else to have an opinion.] I think she should have started that years ago. They did but only very carefully. The great press Charles and Cam have had for years didn’t come out if nowhere and it has helped their perception. My guess is, that’s why overshadowing any of PC&C engagements in the last year was a big No No. But there should have been more joined engagements. With HMTQ and W&K (because the young ones always get more attention). We should have seen more „take my son to work“ pictures. Him having a more active role while HMTQ is present. W&K should have been pushed more as well. If they had started seriously after the last jubilee people would be more at ease about this. Or maybe 3 year ago. Maybe they tried but the hype around H&M slowed that down? You can lead the focus and interest of the public only so much.
Anyway. It was about time. Let’s hope they get rid of Andrew, Fergie and H&M after the jubilee so the house is cleaned up and ready to move forward.