He may be married to the queen, but he's a prince for a reason.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is married to Queen Elizabeth II. So why isn't his title King Philip? The reason lies in royal tradition. Whether you're catching up forThe spouse of a ruling king or queen is called a consort. In British royalty, the wife of a king is called a queen consort, but the husband of a queen is called a prince consort, not a king consort.
Prince Philip was also given the titles Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich, upon marrying the queen in 1947. He was not crowned during his wife Queen Elizabeth II's coronation ceremony in 1953. However, in 1957, the queen made him an official Prince of the United Kingdom, which she declared in a new letters patent, according toPrince Philip was born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark. He's the son of Prince Andrew, who also held the title Prince of Greece and Denmark, and Princess Alice of Battenberg. His family left their native Greece after political turmoil broke out in the country.
He adopted the family's surname, Mountbatten, when he became a"naturalized British subject" and renounced his royal titles to marry Princess Elizabeth , his
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