Video LoadingVideo UnavailableClick to playTap to playThe video will auto-play soon8CancelPlay nowThroughout her monumental seven decades on the throne, the late Queen was famed for for hardly ever expressing a personal opinion, meaning that members of the public knew very little of what she actually thought. Her final months were categorised by dedication and duty as she became the first British monarch to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee, despite her own health struggles. However, on the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne), the Queen issued a historically personal statement which expressed her wish for her daughter-in-law, Camilla, to be proclaimed Queen Consort when, “in the fullness of time”, her eldest son acceded to the throne.
The late monarch issued the statement
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Many royal experts saw this move as the late sovereign tidying up any loose ends that surely would have prompted questions early into the new reign. The late Queen’s wholly personal statement read: “I would like to express my thanks to you all for your support. I remain eternally grateful for, and humbled by, the loyalty and affection that you continue to give me. “And when, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes king, I know you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have given me; and it is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own loyal service.” Sign up to OK!’s royal newsletter to get updates sent to your inbox for free
The late monarch secured The Queen Consort’s postion
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The statement was also used to reveal that she had inducted Camilla into The Order of the Garter. The late monarch had previously added her daughter-in-law to the Privy Council so that she could be there when Charles was officially proclaimed King in the Accession Council at St James’s Palace. After The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, royal author Andrew Morton spoke to The Mirror’s podcast Pod Save The King on what the late Queen was doing to ensure Camilla’s future was stable and secure by King Charles’ side. Mr Morton said: “The Queen has incrementally bought [Camilla’s] status higher and higher. A few years ago she put her in the Privy Council so she could be there when the succession was announced. “Then she was made a member of the Order of the Garter and finally she says that she’d like Camilla to be called Queen Consort. That has kind of ended the debate because when Prince Charles first married Camilla, the mood music was that she was never going to be called Queen and within a matter of years they were backtracking very quickly.”Story SavedYou can find this story in  My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterMore OnRoyal FamilyKing Charles IIIQueen CamillaQueen Elizabeth II
