Madame Royale
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I'd have a lot more respect for her and him if they just came out and announced that she would now be called The Princess of Wales.
It's admirable to make a decision and stick by it, I'd have thought...
To suggest the Duchess now, after 3 or so years, be officially known as Princess of Wales is, imo, a particularly rediculous motion. Infact, it would make them look like fools, and it's quite easy for someone on the outer to propose such a move, when it infact would bear no consequence on them.
It is relatively clear from your above statement that public approval is something you yourself don't have to contend with, like most of us here, I'm sure.
The 'issue' is not what title(s) she holds, inherently by way of marriage, but the title by which she is known.
For all concerned, not least of all for Camilla herself, the appropriate choice was made. One could not begin to fathom the pressure and press she'd have received if she were to have used the Princely title, whether hers to use or not. Any real chance of 'making it her own' (her role), would have been all but ruined from the get go. It's hardly fair in many ways, but never before had their been a situation such as theirs, and so scrupulously publicized at that.