Yes, that is a good point, and it does not seem fair to the duchess to arbitrarily impose different rules in her case.
This is a definite actual speech from the queen?
It was a letter to the public which was released to the media. Read a transcript here:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1561628/queen-jubilee-letter-full-statement-camilla-evg
We have never had official morganatic marriage in the UK (although there were alleged secret royal marriages) and the wife of a King Regnant should therefore be a Queen Consort, commonly known as King and Queen.
While it may not be official legal terminology in the UK, morganatic marriage is effectively the rule of UK common law when a woman marries a man of lower status than herself. In contrast to some other systems in Europe, both spouses in such a marriage will maintain their own rank and titles, instead of the woman taking on the lower status of her husband. (The same rule now applies when a person of rank marries somebody of the same gender.)
Will Camilla's new style set a precedent? How does Prince William feel about Kate also becoming HM The Queen Consort instead of HM The Queen? I noticed that the Cambridges retweeted the Queen's statement without any comment, which prompted speculation about a split opinion in the Family.
what precedent? Camilla will be Charles' queen consort. Kate will be WIlliams. the only thing is that we were orignally told htat Cam would be Princess Consort and now the queen is bascially saying that she wishes that her daugher in law will indeed be queen when she herself is gone
The statement that the Queen wishes for Camilla to "be known as Queen Consort" (note the capitalized C) could be read to mean that Camilla will not only
be a queen consort, which follows established precedent, but be
styled as The Queen Consort, which would change the established precedent that the queen consort is styled as The Queen.
"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."