Is the UK about to break up?

The United Kingdom was formed three hundred years ago. (You can read the story here).

Devolution has brought about major constitutional changes within the United Kingdom. Scotland now has its own parliament and Wales and Northern Ireland their own assemblies. (England has neither a parliament nor an assembly) Each nation is now fighting for its own independence. Could this be the beginning of the break up of the UK?

More teenagers see themselves as English, Scottish or Welsh rather than British
A YouGov poll carried out by the Daily Telegraph found that fewer than one third of today’s teenagers instinctively think of themselves as British rather than English, Scottish or Welsh. But, pressed to say whether they also think of themselves as British, the great majority say yes. Only 10 per cent of the teenage sample, many of them Scots, reject a British identity altogether.

Most people want the United Kingdom broken up
An ICM poll published by the Daily Mail suggested that majorities of voters in both Scotland and England now want the countries to split.

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Will Prince William’s wife become a Queen?

Message sent in via email
“I would like to know if Prince William marries and becomes King, his wife would be known as Queen, correct? Would she be eligible to become ruler if King William died?”

Answer:

When Prince William becomes King his wife will be Queen. She wont be a ‘proper Queen’ but will have the title Queen. She will be known as the Queen consort ( wife and consort of a reigning king). If her husband dies the crown will pass to the next in line to the throne.

( A consort is a spouse , usually of royalty.)

In contrast the husband of a reigning queen is not called “king consort”.

The present Queen’s husband is called a Prince because he was born a prince and on the Queen coronation she gave him the title of Prince Philip of the United Kingdom.
 
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