Camilla Parker Bowles will be given the title of Princess of Wales when she marries Prince Charles on Friday, a move likely to anger supporters of late Diana with whom it has been closely linked, a media report said here today.
The title will be confirmed in a parliamentary statement tomorrow in response to a question from Labour MP Andrew Mackinlay, the Sunday Times reported.
The Princess of Wales title remains closely linked in the public mind to Princess Diana, it noted.
Parker Bowles has made it known that she wants to be called Duchess of Cornwall, taking another of Charles's titles, after her marriage. It is planned that this will be changed to Princess Consort on his succession.
However, Chris Leslie, the constitutional affairs minister, will confirm tomorrow that she will be given all her husband's titles, the paper said.
The list includes Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Earl of Chester, Lord of the Isles and Great Steward of Scotland.
Senior government sources told the paper that it would take an act of parliament to change the law for Parker Bowles not to accept the titles.
{{/usCountry}}Senior government sources told the paper that it would take an act of parliament to change the law for Parker Bowles not to accept the titles.
{{/usCountry}}A spokesman for the constitutional affairs department said: "There will be a statement in response to a parliamentary written answer on Monday.
"It is simple: she automatically takes the title Princess of Wales and all the other titles that go with her marriage to the Prince of Wales," the paper quoted him as saying.