{"id":433109,"date":"2025-09-18T07:35:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/433109\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T07:35:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:35:26","slug":"i-refuse-to-call-camilla-parker-bowles-queen-peter-hitchens-declares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/433109\/","title":{"rendered":"I refuse to call Camilla Parker Bowles Queen, PETER HITCHENS declares"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite holding no ‘personal animosity’ towards Camilla Parker Bowles<\/a>, my faith in the Church of England forbids me from ever calling her Queen, Peter Hitchens has declared.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the Alas Vine & Hitchens podcast<\/a>, the broadcaster said he feels ‘provoked’ by news organisations like the BBC<\/a> for bestowing her with the title.<\/p>\n

Hitchens argued that as King Charles<\/a>\u00a0has modelled himself as a ‘strong traditionalist’ in the Church of England, it is ‘contradictory’ for him to demand others refer to his wife as Queen.<\/p>\n

You can listen to the latest episode of\u00a0Alas Vine & Hitchens by clicking the player below or here<\/a><\/p>\n

The Church of England, of which Charles is the head, traditionally opposed remarriage after divorce but changed its position in 2002 to allow it in certain circumstances. However, some traditionalists within the church believe Camilla should have remained Queen Consort.<\/p>\n

Emphasising his ‘strictness’ on the issue, the author said he still feels Charles should never have married Camilla.<\/p>\n

\"Despite <\/p>\n

Despite holding no ‘personal animosity’ towards Camilla Parker Bowles , my faith in the Church of England forbids me from ever calling her Queen, Peter Hitchens has declared<\/p>\n

\"Speaking <\/p>\n

Speaking on the Alas Vine & Hitchens podcast, the broadcaster said he feels ‘provoked’ by news organisations like the BBC for bestowing her with the title. Listen here<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Hitchens <\/p>\n

Hitchens argued that as King Charles has modelled himself as a ‘strong traditionalist’ in the Church of England, it is ‘contradictory’ for him to demand others refer to his wife as Queen<\/p>\n

Hitchens explained: ‘The other day, I heard a story about the Queen revealing she’d been molested on a train going to Paddington some years before and fought off her attacker with a high-heeled shoe.<\/p>\n

‘I thought: the Queen? She would never have had to do that. She could have frozen off any assailant with a stare.<\/p>\n

‘Then I realised they weren’t talking about the Queen \u2013 they were talking about a lady I will always think of as Camilla Parker Bowles.<\/p>\n

‘I have tried [to call her Queen], out of niceness and politeness, but when I hear the phrase Queen, she doesn’t come to my mind, and I don’t think she ever will.’<\/p>\n

Charles and Camilla married on April 9, 2005, in a civil ceremony at Windsor Guildhall, followed by a religious blessing at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.<\/a><\/p>\n

Upon Queen Elizabeth’s death in 2022, Camilla was initially named Queen Consort, but the Palace changed the title to Queen in invitations to Charles’s coronation.<\/a><\/p>\n

Since then, all official communication from the Palace has styled Camilla as ‘Her Majesty The Queen’.<\/a><\/p>\n

Hitchens however believes this went against ‘old and ancient law’, the same law, he points out, that gives Charles his legitimacy as monarch.<\/p>\n

‘It is nothing to do with any kind of personal animosity’, he insisted.<\/p>\n

‘This is a fundamental refusal to accept this person is the Queen in the way in which the previous Queen was.<\/p>\n

‘It’s only because the Palace keep pushing media to refer to her as Queen, that I feel this way.<\/p>\n

‘I didn’t think it was right for them to get married because I am strict on these matters.<\/p>\n

\"Upon <\/p>\n

Upon Queen Elizabeth’s death in 2022, Camilla was initially named Queen Consort, but the Palace changed the title to Queen in invitations to Charles’s coronation<\/p>\n

\"Hitchens <\/p>\n

Hitchens however believes this went against ‘old and ancient law’, the same law, he points out, that gives Charles his legitimacy as monarch<\/p>\n

\"Columnist <\/p>\n

Columnist Sarah Vine disagreed with her co-host, saying that whilst she understands not referring to Camilla as Queen, she believes they should have got married. Listen here<\/a><\/p>\n

‘Camilla Parker Bowles still has a living husband and according to the laws of God and man, you can’t marry somebody while you have a living spouse.<\/p>\n

‘Charles makes out to be a very strong traditionalist in the Church of England\u2026 if he’d gone through life being a progressive liberal, who didn’t believe in that sort of thing, it wouldn’t be quite so bothersome.<\/p>\n

‘But it’s just so contradictory.<\/p>\n

‘Charles is King through very old and ancient law. If he respects that law and expects other people to respect it \u2013 it seems to me to apply in this case as well.’<\/p>\n

Columnist Sarah Vine disagreed with her co-host, saying that whilst she understands not referring to Camilla as Queen, she believes they should have got married.<\/p>\n

‘I want to live in a world where people are able to marry the people they love’, she argued.<\/p>\n

‘I am all for people having their own happiness’, Hitchens replied.<\/p>\n

‘Edward VIII had a similar problem. He wanted personal happiness, but he was told he could have personal happiness or the throne.<\/p>\n

‘He chose to abandon the throne. Charles is having both.’<\/p>\n

To listen to the debate in full, search for Alas Vine & Hitchens now, wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite holding no ‘personal animosity’ towards Camilla Parker Bowles, my faith in the Church of England forbids me…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[192,7709,7730,7731,92,1760,12,7710,519,2417],"class_list":{"0":"post-433109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-british-royal-family","10":"tag-charles","11":"tag-charles-iii","12":"tag-dailymail","13":"tag-king-charles","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-the-queen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115224154244529428","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}