Anna MALPAS ON SUNDAY, Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to reign for seven decades and announced her “sincere wish” that Camilla, the wife of her heir Prince Charles, should ultimately be known as Queen Consort.
Britain’s longest-serving monarch acceded to the throne aged 25 on February 6, 1952, after the death of her father King George VI.
She marked the historic date quietly at Sandringham, her estate in eastern England where her father died.
But in a major statement on the future of the royal family, the 95-year-old released a message to the nation, saying: “It is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort.”
This means Camilla, now 74, would be crowned alongside Charles, now 73, and known to…