[lit-ideas] "King of England"

I was reading a publication which (perhaps rather typically?) referred to  
Charles as 'the future king of England', or words to that effect. I was  
thinking. Literally, the monarch is 'monarch of the United Kingdom', not 
England  (or 
Wales, or Scotland). But I was wondering if, as a matter of logic, it can be  
said that, say, Elizabeth, _is_ Queen of England, since she is Queen of the  
United Kingdom (and, as Gotlob Frege and other logicians would say, England  
falls within the _denotation_ of United Kingdom, or 'is part of' the United  
Kingdom).
 
I wonder if the reluctance to say that the Queen is the Queen of England is  
a prejudice based on implicature or entailment?
 
Sorry for vague wording, but hopefully you'll get my gist,
 
Cheers,
 
JL
 
          from the country  where Evita once reigned.
 

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