Unfortunately I didn't receive a personal escort from ex-Mayor Bloomberg, I think he was busy that day.

It was raining and he didn't want to get wet or some other stupid excuse. The King (a real king) and Queen showed class. Trump the fake king has none.

Camilla was his consort and not actually queen.

Nobody ever referred to Queen Elisabeth's husband as King, he was granted the status and title of Prince, so why is everybody calling her a queen?

The procedures elevated her from Consort to Queen, something Charles definitely was going to make sure happened.

Edit to add: Phillip was married to the Queen, but marriage didn't make him a King - that's by birth only.

Camilla is only there due to marriage.

I can never see her as much more than melanoma's high stature of First Concubine so I guess it's just me thinking there's something wrong with it.

A queen is either a queen regnant or queen consort. A queen regnant is the ruling monarch. A queen consort is the wife of a king. Camilla will be queen consort only so long as she is the wife of the monarch. She is not William's mother, so when Charles dies, she will not be the queen mother. She will likely be titled as the queen dowager.

A king is always a ruling monarch. There is no such thing as a king consort. That is why Queen Elizabeth's husband was styled Prince Phillip.

It's archaic but them's the rules.

But it annoys me greatly that she is called queen.

She is proof that the heart will not be told whom it may love.

How in any world could she be the other woman that Charles would choose over Diana?

The other man before he married Diana so I guess waiting until both their spouses were dead was their answer to the problem though they were obviously involved the whole time.

I agree with your sentiment about her public visibility.

If Diana had lived and stayed married to Charles, she would have had the title Queen.

Somehow it got kicked around when Charles actually married Camilla, and it was finally decided that she would receive the title of Queen after Elizabeth's passing and Charles' ascension. But they kept it quiet for a long time because Elizabeth was still living.

I have detested the royal family ever since.

It is solemn, but also imho very beautiful l.
The waters flow down into the lower pool.
Because the names are cut out of the metal people wilo stick a flower stem into the openings. Very lovely.

Went through the process waaay back of originally voting on the then proposed designs at a big Javits Center meeting.
Can't remember what I picked, and if this was in the running but I love it.