AFTER joining the British Royal Family in the 1940s, Prince Philip cemented his name in history.
Married to the beloved Queen Elizabeth II, people often wonder why the Duke of Edinburgh was a prince and not a king.
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Was Philip the prince of Greece and Denmark?
Prince Philip’s birth name was Philippos Schleswig-Holstein Sonderburg-Glucksburg.
He was born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark on June 10, 1921, in Corfu, Greece.
Philip’s father was Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, while his mother was Princess Alice of Battenberg.
After his family was exiled from Greece, he became a naturalized British subject and adopted his grandparents’ surname, Mountbatten.
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Prince Philip was persuaded to use this name, which was an Anglicized version of his mother’s maiden name, by his uncle and mentor, Louis Mountbatten.
The then Princess Elizabeth married Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, as he was then known, on November 20, 1947.
The couple met 13 years earlier, at the wedding of Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark and Prince George, Duke of Kent, in 1934.
After a third meeting in July 1939, our future queen, who was just 13 at the time, reportedly fell in love with Philip and they began exchanging letters.
The couple secretly became engaged in 1946 and Elizabeth’s father, King George VI, ordered that any formal engagement be postponed until after his daughter’s 21st birthday in April 1947.
The engagement was officially announced in July of the same year.
They reached their platinum wedding anniversary in 2017, which marked 70 years since their big day.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip had been married for 73 years before the Duke of Edinburgh’s death on April 9, 2021.
Why wasn’t Prince Philip King Philip?
The reason Philip did not become king when he married the queen stems from a parliamentary law.
The law regarding succession does not refer to bloodline – only to gender.
The wife of a ruling king or queen is known as a consort.
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Why was Prince Philip called the Duke of Edinburgh?
On his wedding day, November 20, 1947, Philip received the title Duke of Edinburgh from his father-in-law, King George VI.
After Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne, she made the decision in 1957 to make Philip a Prince of the United Kingdom in addition to his duchy.
Since 1726, the title of Duke of Edinburgh has been granted to four members of the British Royal Family.
It does not include any territorial properties and does not produce any income for the holder.
After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the title of Duke of Edinburgh was given to her son, Prince Edward.
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When did Philip become prince consort?
Philp became prince consort when his wife ascended the throne on February 6, 1952.
This was the day Elizabeth became queen after her father’s death.
Philip held the title until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal consort in history.
What other titles did Prince Philip have?
Along with Prince Philip, Prince Consort, Duke of Edinburgh and Prince of the United Kingdom, Philip had two other titles.
One of them was the Earl of Merioneth and the other was the Baron of Greenwich.
However, over the years, Philip was mainly referred to as the Duke of Edinburgh.
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Why is Camilla a queen?
When Charles became king after his mother’s sad death, Camilla’s title was Queen Consort.
She remained with this title until the Coronation, when it was announced that she would only go by the title of Queen Camilla.
However, she still remains a consort and is not queen in the same way as Queen Elizabeth II.
Royal consorts through the years
A royal consort differs from a monarch in that they gain their position by being married to the king or queen.
A consort supports the monarch in almost all of his duties – from public engagements and travel to decisions and support.
But unlike the King or Queen, they do not have a formal position or defined tasks and responsibilities.
Women married to a monarch were historically crowned Queen Consort.
This was the case for George VI’s wife, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and George V’s wife, Queen Mary – the Queen’s grandmother.
The exception was Queen Mary II who, with her husband King William III, was co-sovereign from 1689 to 1694.
Queen Victoria’s husband, Albert, was named Prince Consort 17 years after their marriage.
This title is not inferior to King Consort, it is just a different title.
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