But it's been bothering me.
How come Queen Elizabeth's husband, Prince Philip, is just a prince? Doesn't he automatically become King because she's Queen?
Royalty confuses me.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
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It's because he is a consort. Or, the spouse of a queen. He was from Denmark, I believe... he can be a royal highness, but never a king.
Nope....exactly what Andria said.
thats EXACTLY what I was going to say. I love surrounding myself with people of the same educational aptitude.
Yep, a king would outrank a queen so he can never been king. But if a man ascends to the throne, he's king and his wife is the queen - although technically a queen consort, but it's rarely referred to as that. Don't you love patriarchy?
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