The voters might not agree with him, but David Cameron yesterday voiced his support for the Duchess of Cornwall to become Queen. In a highly unusual intervention, the Prime Minister described himself as a ‘big fan’ of Camilla。
He said he believes the public is warming to Prince Charles’s second wife, despite signs that voters would prefer the monarchy to miss a generation and pass directly from the Queen to Prince William. Polls show that the idea of Queen Camilla is less popular now than when she married into the Royal Family five years ago. Less than a third of the public believe Charles should become King, in a sign that they want the monarchy to skip a generation and revitalise itself。
Asked specifically whether he would be ‘up for Queen Camilla’, the Prime Minister told Sky News: ‘I’m a big Camilla fan. ‘I think the country is getting to know her and getting to see that she is a very warm-hearted person with a big sense of humour and a big heart.’
It is very unusual for a sitting Prime Minister to make such an emphatic contribution to such a sensitive constitutional debate, which still inspires high emotion among supporters of the late Princess Diana. Buckingham Palace aides remain acutely aware of national opinion on Diana and on Camilla’s role in the very public break-up of her husband’s first marriage。