Oh. My. God. I mean, O. M. G!!!!
 

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Megan Markle finally put her hair in a ponytail!

THANK GOD.

I hope I live long enough to one day give a flying rat fuck what Megan Markle says or does.

Get out of my news headlines, you fucking royal footnote.

The only thing I've found interesting about the thing so far: Megan Markle's baby will be a U.S. citizen and eligible to be both President and Queen/King of England.

I doubt a reigning monarch could win an election here, but if Markle Jr. were elected President first, then a bomb hit Windsor Castle and took out the line of succession in one fell swoop... America could find itself written up in the history books as a brief 300-year rebellion.

I read somewhere that being a Royal isn't an automatic birth right and it's up to the Queen to grant that status.

Bit difficult if she got hit with a bomb

Ms Markle too could be both President and Queen of England.

Well played!

Could she? She could be married to the King, obviously, but that would make her a royal consort, like the current "Prince Philip." I didn't think spouses ever showed up in the line of succession, only blood relatives.

No, she wouldn't take any place in the line of succession but would still be titled 'Queen' - and of course, just like the present queen, she wouldn't be 'Queen of England' except in the same way that Mr Trump is currently the President of Texas.

But then why is he called Prince Philip and not King Philip? Is it because they weren't already married when she became Queen? Or are they not actually married?

If the monarch a a king his wife becomes queen - if the monarch is a queen her husband can only be her consort.
A king would effectively outrank the queen which would be entirely unacceptable if the queen is actually the monarch

Wife of a reigning king = Queen Consort
Reigning queen = Queen Regnant


Apparently the husband of a reigning queen could be a King Consort, but that's not common. Bruises the male ego, perhaps.

They should call him King Boyfriend, like Dr. Girlfriend.

With the current unpleasantness maybe it is time to hit the reset button. My news feed informed me today that they are the cutest couple so they have that over the Drumpfs.

Thank heavens for the royals. We might have to think about the state of our nation if we weren't too busy fawning over them and reading Hello! magazine.

Yes, but they would still be referred to as Queen X ...

Queen Elizabeth is the Queen Regnant
Queen Meghan would be the Queen Consort.

Did not know about King Consort - though now you mention it, it does bring to mind some of the concerns EI's advisors had about her potentially marrying.

I suspect King Consort is less common because a) There haven't been that many queens regnant and b) those we have had would probably have been ill at ease with a 'King', however much a consort, by their side, bearing in mind most of them would have had to prove themselves equal to a potential rival king (e.g a side step in the family tree, rather than a woman on the throne with the very real danger she could marry a risky prospect - such as a catholic/protestant and in doing so hand power to that person, because all men are kings to their wives)

TIL this is a word. It's a marvelous one!

I don't think this is true. I think he's still a Prince Consort. Unless he's a king in his own right, he cannot be called King, and I think that is because there were concerns that if a male consort were called king, they'd take over from their wife and try to rule the country. obviously no worries about weak and feeble women doing this, so it's ok to call them queen and let them feel special. I remember reading somewhere that Philip was really pissed off about not being entitled to be called king, so I think if he could be, he would be.

I suppose it would depend on when that happened and whether or not the Queen has a clone squirreled away somewhere.

oh apparently, whilst phileeeeep is a prince consort, he is not titled as such. so clear. Thank goodness for Wikipedia, source of everything correct... ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_consort

....but it does seem to be because a king would outrank the queen which is obviously undesirable when the bloke in question is a mere consort.

I wonder if this still stands, now the males-over-females element has been removed from the line of succession?

Monster is pretty much correct as far as the UK is concerned at least. It would take an act of parliament for a male consort to take the title 'King'. Victoria tried to make Albert a King but the commoners wouldn't allow it (because he was a dirty foreigner) and he, like Phil the Greek, had to make do with just being a Prince.

But these people love titles, they make half them up as they go along, but I don't mind, I'm sure it makes them feel relevant.

From my link, which is by no means the final word, it's been a while since the last King Consort:

The Scottish have always done things differently:P

Their property laws are frikkin baffling

Yes, Toad regnant has a nice ring to it.

Consort sounds saucier.

Toad Consomme sounds saucier.

Toad pregnant sounds weirder

Hey, fuck you. That wasn't a note it was a letter.

\allaboutme

:jig:

#notallfeetfeetfeet

OMGOMGOMGOMG O. M. G.

Meghan Markle left the tag on her dress:eek::eek::eek::eek:

ALERT THE MEDIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMGOMGOMG

Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger Held Hands

Gasp-aah-uhh-imhyperventilating....

That's nothing,

Ariana Grande got a palm tattoo, using Japanese Kanji character symbols, that was supposed to say "7 Rings" - the name of her new album. The way the tattoo was spelled; however, actually translates to “shichirin” which means a Japanese style barbecue grill. :eek:

Grill-on-the-hand, pfft.

This chick got Harry Styles tattooed on her face.

Looks like 'Mikey' from the cereal commercials.