Will Catherine be Queen?

[TheOfficialBren]

Camilla will become queen upon Charles' accession to the throne. When Charles dies, if he is survived by Camilla, William will become the king, Katherine will become the queen, and Camilla would be the Queen Dowager, if I understand correctly.

The reason, as stated above, for male spouses of royalty (like Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh) who are not the sovereign (the reigning monarch, like Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II) was traditionally so the line of succession would stay within the reigning family and nt be transferred to a new family by marrying into the royal family.

An everyday analogue (roughly shod together, I admit) illustrating how this could be a real pickle otherwise would be the following: FATHER owns MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATION. DAUGHTER marries MAN. MAN becomes CEO when FATHER dies solely because he is married to DAUGHTER, even though he may be unqualified and unprepared for the job.

Does that make sense?