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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, [1] later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 [fn 1] – 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was the consort of the British monarch from his wife's accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal ...
The title of "Prince Consort" has only been held by Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert. Prince George of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne, never received an official style as the consort, his princely title being Danish, but was raised to the peerage of England as the Duke of Cumberland in 1689, several years before his wife's accession in 1702.
In 1957, Elizabeth created Philip a prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the same title borne by sons of the sovereign. [4] [5] The distinction between the positions of prince consort and king is important in the British patriarchal hierarchical system.
Here's everything you need to know about the late Prince Philip, his role in the royal family, his children and funeral plans.
Prince Philip, who officially gave up his royal duties in May 2017, has been Queen Elizabeth II’s “strength and stay” during her reign (and he calls her this adorable nickname). So it seems ...
The Mountbatten family is a British family that originated as a branch of the German princely Battenberg family.The name was adopted by members of the Battenberg family residing in the United Kingdom on 14 July 1917, three days before the British royal family changed its name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (L) and Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh pose for a photo together on June 1, 2020, in the quadrangle of Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England, ahead of his 99th ...
Most of the consorts were women, and enjoyed titles and honours pertaining to a queen consort; some few were men, whose titles were not consistent, depending upon the circumstances of their spouses' reigns. The Kingdom of England merged with the Kingdom of Scotland in 1707, to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. There have thus been no consorts ...