The news of Prince Philip‘s death of Friday (April 9) is prompting some questions about the royal lineage. The royal, who married (then) Princess Elizabeth in 1947 five years before she became Queen Elizabeth, was given the titles Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich.
However, he did not become the King upon the Queen’s ascension to the throne. As i reports, across British history, the husband of a Queen has never held the title of King.
The spouse of a ruling king or queen is known as a consort instead. The husband of Queen can only hold the title of Prince Consort, not King Consort.
This was established since Queen Victoria’s reign when she created the title of Prince Consort for her husband Albert.
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