LONDON - Camilla Parker Bowles does not want the title of queen after Prince Charles becomes king, his office said Tuesday.

Charles and his bride-to-be, sensitive to strong public opinion against her ever being queen, had said she would take the title of Princess Consort if he becomes king. They are being married in a civil ceremony April 8.

Paddy Harverson, communications secretary for Charles' office, Clarence House, said the government's legal advice that she would be queen if he became king did not prevent her from choosing a different title.

The British public is warming to the royal wedding but still oppose the idea of Queen Camilla.

Harverson said Parker Bowles had made it clear she didn't want to be called queen and Charles agreed with her choice.

Immediately after their April 8 wedding, Parker Bowles will be called Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall, and will not be called Princess of Wales - the title used by the late Princess Diana.