Do you think Prince Charles should have abdicated the throne and subsequently married Camilla?

Question

We all know he married Diana for the sake of the mornachy and not because of love. Should he have done the noble thing by marrying (his true love) Camilla as opposed to Diana - thereby giving up his right to be England's King?

Answer 1

He married Camilla after Diana's dubious death so that much is clear as far as the law of succession goes. Because many people get divorced these days I think it's okay for the Royals to do the same thing and that was the general perception of the time.

Answer 2

Since Charles has not yet succeeded to the throne, he cannot abdicate it. Abdication is when a crowned king steps down, like the Duke of Windsor did.



Charles wouldn't have been automatically excluded from the succession if he had originally married Camilla when they first fell in love in the 70s. It was just that times were different then, expectations of the people princes married were different, too, and Camilla wasn't seen as fitting the "ideal" for the wife of a king (she was a bit wild).



Charles dithered too long rather than saying this is it, this is the girl I'm going to marry - he didn't feel that he could marry before he did his military service, and there were strong objections to Camilla - and Camilla married someone else.



He married Diana because Camilla was already married, he was being told that it was past time for him to marry and start a family, and Diana was an easily-approved choice.



Under the Royal Marriages Act, members of the royal family have to obtain the monarch's permission to marry, and their spouses have to be approved. It wasn't a question of losing his right to the throne. It was a question of gaining the queen's consent to the marriage, which wasn't going to happen because Camilla wasn't seen by the queen as a good match for the heir to the throne.

Answer 3

I don't see Charles as a particularly honorable person. If he were, he would have married Camilla from the beginning. I suspect he did not tell Diana he was marrying her only to produce heirs. She was so young and naive, I think she didn't even suspect it. In any case, she was so much younger and prettier than Camilla, I'm sure she thought she would win him over, if she did know. That didn't happen and she was miserable. I have to say Diana's sacrifice left the world with two wonderful young men and some refreshing genes in the royal gene pool. William and his Kate will add even more refreshing genes when they have children, bringing vitality and longevity to the royal pool. I am very sorry for Diana, a lovely girl who did so much for the needy, but who died before her time. I hope Charles never sits on the throne and that his mother outlasts him, thus skipping him entirely in the succession. I wish William and his brother much good luck and happiness and I think William would make an outstanding King. Good Luck!

Answer 4

At that time he was under pressure of the Monarchy and his mother the Queen - when he and Diana married Camilla too was married - so abdicating the throne to marry her wasn't a real option at the time

Answer 5

it wasn't an option- camilla was married and there was pressure on him from the royal family and camilla to marry diana. it was a shame it worked out how it did, but at the same time charles + camilla could have not cheated and caused their respective partners the stress that it did

Answer 6

At the time he married Diana (whom he did love, BTW), Camilla was already married. While they knew each other, and were even friends, they were not close enough to marry anyway.



After his marriage with Diana broke down, he dated, and began seeing Camilla who was then divorced, and therefore single. They did fall in love, and they did marry. To me, it is a real love story, as so many are against them being together, but, they loved each other enough to get married anyway. He had not given up any rights to be King by marrying Camilla though. He is still Heir.

Answer 7

Had Camillia shown the good sense that Kate did, she would have waited for Charles to settle down. He would have married her. She was his best friend. Instead, she played mind games and decided since he didn't marry her when she said for him to marry her, she'd go find some poor unsuspecting man and marry him instead.



I'm glad that Charles is finally with the one person whom he loved all these years. I am just sorry that Camilla was such a fool, and Diana had to become involved.



Diana could have had a very happy marriage with another man who truly loved her, instead of falling in love with a man who already carried an unrequited torch for someone he would have married, should she have chosen to be as mature as Kate and waited for him.

Answer 8

I don't get your point!



Prince Charles hasn't yet acceded to the Throne...he is still in line...so where does the question of abdication arise?!?



At the time of his marriage, Camilla was a much married woman herself. Who knows what Prince Charles would have done, had she been free!



The times too were different! Royals were much more rigid. So to achieve their ends, devious/tragic means were often resorted to...(just sayin')

Answer 9

Well no. Times are changing. for example William married a commoner, Camilla wasn't going to be daubed queen, but if Charles is to become king she will be daubed Queen.

Answer 10

And poor little Diana didn't know what was going on? Nobody could actually FORCE her to marry Charles. She WANTED to be Princess of Wales.

People made Diana into a "saint," but there's evidence she had her share of "fun and games..."

Answer 11

if he is king then first borns should be queen