Editing Queen Camilla (section)

== Queen consort<!--Do NOT change to "Queen"; regardless of her title she is still a queen consort, similar to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Mary of Teck, Alexandra of Denmark, etc.--> ==
[[File:Camilla (52877352018) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|On her coronation day]]
Camilla became [[List of British royal consorts|queen consort]] on 8 September 2022 upon her husband's accession as Charles III, following the [[death of Elizabeth II]].<ref name="Saunt">{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/0/camilla-queen-consort-meaning-new-royal-title-charles/ | title=Camilla, Queen Consort: The duties that come with her new royal title | work=The Telegraph | date=11 September 2022 | last=Saunt | first=Raven | access-date=2 October 2022 | archive-date=2 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002205825/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/0/camilla-queen-consort-meaning-new-royal-title-charles/ | url-status=live | url-access=subscription}}</ref> In his first address to the nation, Charles paid tribute to his "darling wife" Camilla for "the loving help and steadfast devotion to duty".<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/camilla-parker-bowles-the-king-duchess-of-cornwall-buckingham-palace-platinum-jubilee-b2164036.html | title= King pays tribute to 'steadfast devotion to duty' of his 'darling wife' Camilla | work=The Independent | date=9 September 2022 | last=Rouse | first=Beverley | access-date= 23 December 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62856395.amp | title= King Charles III's address to the nation and Commonwealth in full | work= BBC News | date=9 September 2022 | access-date= 23 December 2024 }}</ref> On 10 September, she attended the [[Accession Council]] where Charles was formally [[Proclamation of accession of Charles III|proclaimed king]] and she served as a witness together with her stepson William.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/09/10/what-accession-council-mean-charles-proclaimed-king-queen-dead-tv/ | title=What happens at the Accession Council? The meeting where Charles will be proclaimed King | work=The Telegraph | date=10 September 2022 | last=Ward | first=Victoria | access-date=2 October 2022 | archive-date=2 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002205825/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/09/10/what-accession-council-mean-charles-proclaimed-king-queen-dead-tv/ | url-status=live | url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Following the accession, Camilla announced that she was replacing the traditional role of [[lady-in-waiting]] with a new role of [[queen's companion]], which would be a more occasional and less formal role, assisting her at official engagements but not in replying to letters or day-to-day planning.<ref>{{cite news |last=Coughlan |first=Sean |title=Camilla scraps ladies-in-waiting in modernising move |work=BBC News |date=27 November 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63768031 |access-date=27 November 2022 |archive-date=27 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127001433/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63768031 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 13 February 2023, Buckingham Palace announced that Camilla had tested positive for COVID-19, which forced her to postpone a number of public  engagements.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-64624118|title=Camilla postpones West Midlands events over Covid|work=BBC News|date=13 February 2023|accessdate=14 February 2023|archive-date=13 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213211258/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-64624118|url-status=live}}</ref> 

[[Camilla was crowned alongside Charles]] on 6 May 2023 at [[Westminster Abbey]], London.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 October 2022 |title=King Charles and Camilla to be crowned on 6 May |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63172425 |access-date=13 October 2022 |work=BBC News |archive-date=13 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013070939/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63172425 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On 16 June 2023, Buckingham Palace announced that the King had appointed the Queen to the [[Order of the Thistle]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-65932628.amp|title=King appoints Queen Camilla to Scotland's Order of the Thistle|work=BBC News|date=16 June 2023|accessdate=13 October 2023|archive-date=27 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127000428/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-65932628.amp|url-status=live}}</ref> On 5 July, she accompanied Charles to a [[Presentation of the Honours of Scotland to Charles III|national service of thanksgiving]] at [[St Giles' Cathedral]] where the [[Honours of Scotland]] were presented to him.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/celebrations-along-edinburghs-royal-mile-ahead-of-service-to-present-king-with-scotlands-crown-jewels-12915151 |title=Charles presented with Scotland's crown jewels – four arrested as protesters shout 'not my king' |work=Sky News |first=Jenness |last=Mitchell |date=5 July 2023 |access-date=5 July 2023 |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705122345/http://news.sky.com/story/celebrations-along-edinburghs-royal-mile-ahead-of-service-to-present-king-with-scotlands-crown-jewels-12915151 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the same month, it was announced that unlike the previous consort, [[Prince Philip]], Queen Camilla would not receive a Parliamentary [[annuity]] and her activities would be funded through the [[Sovereign Grant]] instead.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/queen-camilla-prince-philip-parliament-payment-b2375185.html|title=Queen Camilla will not receive £360,000 annuity from parliament like Prince Philip did|work=The Independent|first=Laura|last=Elston|date=14 July 2023|accessdate=14 July 2023|archive-date=14 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714065416/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/queen-camilla-prince-philip-parliament-payment-b2375185.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:King Charles III D-Day 80th anniversary in France (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|With Charles at the 80th [[D-Day]] anniversary in France, June 2024]]
In March 2023, Camilla accompanied Charles for a state visit to Germany, which was his first foreign visit as monarch.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 March 2023 |title=King Charles III arrives in Germany for first overseas visit as monarch |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/europe/king-charles-germany-visit-intl/index.html |access-date=23 March 2023 |work=CNN |archive-date=29 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329170153/https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/europe/king-charles-germany-visit-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In September and October 2023, the King and Queen undertook [[State visit by Charles III to France|state visits to France]] and [[State visit by Charles III to Kenya|Kenya]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-66867649|title=In pictures: King Charles and Queen Camilla on state visit to France|work=BBC News|date=22 September 2023|accessdate=24 September 2023|archive-date=23 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223040322/https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-66867649|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Henni |first=Janine |title=Dancing Queen Camilla! The Best Photos from King Charles' State Visit to Kenya |url=https://people.com/king-charles-queen-camilla-royal-tour-kenya-best-photos-8387189 |magazine=People |access-date=4 November 2023 |archive-date=11 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111135137/https://people.com/king-charles-queen-camilla-royal-tour-kenya-best-photos-8387189 |url-status=live }}</ref> and in November, Camilla appeared at Charles's side at [[2023 State Opening of Parliament|his first State Opening of Parliament as Sovereign]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-67344490|title=Charles makes first King's Speech as he opens Parliament|work=BBC News|date=7 November 2023|accessdate=7 November 2023|archive-date=12 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212212952/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-67344490|url-status=live}}</ref>

Due to the King's cancer diagnosis in 2024, the Queen deputised for him in his absence at the [[Commonwealth Day]] service at Westminster Abbey and at the [[Royal Maundy]] at [[Worcester Cathedral]],<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/king-charles-hails-commonwealth-misses-annual-celebrations-2024-03-11/ |title= King Charles hails Commonwealth but misses annual celebrations |work=Reuters|first=Michael|last=Holden|date=11 March 2024|access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=ITV News|title= Queen Camilla steps in for King at Royal Maundy Service in Worcester |url= https://www.itv.com/news/central/2024-03-28/queen-camilla-steps-in-for-king-at-royal-maundy-service-in-worcester |date=28 March 2024|access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref> making her the first consort to hand out the ceremonial coins at the latter event.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/03/28/queen-camilla-royal-maundy-service-worcester-cathedral/|title= Queen wears Elizabeth II's brooch as she steps in for King at Maundy service |work=The Telegraph |date=28 March 2024|access-date=28 March 2024 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> In June, the King and Queen travelled to Normandy to attend the 80th anniversary commemorations of [[D-Day]].<ref>{{Cite news |date= 6 June 2024 |title= D-Day 80 years on: King speaks of 'profound sense of gratitude' at Normandy commemoration |work=ITV News |url= https://www.itv.com/news/2024-06-06/d-day-80-years-on-world-leaders-and-veterans-gather-in-commemoration|access-date= 6 June 2024 }}</ref> In October, [[Camilla and Charles toured Australia]] and Samoa.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Relph |first1=Daniela |last2=Coughlan |first2=Sean |title=King's Australia visit ends on positive note |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly6y951yzgo |work=BBC News |date=22 October 2024 |access-date=23 October 2024}}</ref> In the following month she cancelled several of her public engagements due to a chest infection that was later revealed to be a form of pneumonia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8dm13r2je6o|title=Queen Camilla cancels events due to chest infection|work=BBC News|first=Sean|last=Coughlan|date=5 November 2024|access-date=5 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c791wr2e7nyo|title=King hails Qatar's peace efforts – and banquet menu revealed|work=BBC News|first=Sean|last=Coughlan|date=3 December 2024|access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref>

Despite initially cancelling a planned Vatican visit, the King and Queen, [[State visit by Charles III to Italy|while visiting Italy]], made a surprise visit to the Vatican on 9 April 2025—their 20th wedding anniversary—to meet [[Pope Francis]] at [[Casa Santa Marta]] as Francis was recovering from pneumonia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/09/king-charles-queen-camilla-visit-pope-francis|title=King Charles and Queen Camilla pay recovering Pope Francis surprise visit|first=Angela|last=Giuffrida|publisher=The Guardian|date=9 April 2025|accessdate=10 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1drr40xwgro|title=King and Queen meet Pope Francis at Vatican on their anniversary|first=Sean|last=Coughlan|publisher=BBC News|date=9 April 2025|accessdate=10 April 2025}}</ref> Francis died 12 days later.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-04/pope-francis-dies-on-easter-monday-aged-88.html |title=Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday aged 88 |first=Devin |last=Watkins |website=[[Vatican News]] |publisher=[[Dicastery for Communication]] |date=21 April 2025 |access-date=21 April 2025}}</ref>