2007-01-16 19:52:07 · 8 answers · asked by sylvia a 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
this is how it is in royalty...
if a king marries a woman, she becomes his queen. but as king he is still higher position than she is.
if a queen marries a anyone else who is not a king in his own right, he will become a prince (if she gives him this title as her consort). he cannot become a king because that would make him higher position than her. she will not give up her position that is her birth rite and which will descend down to her eldest child.
2007-01-16 20:04:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is Queen Elizabeth who was heir to the throne of her father, who was the King. Queen Elizabeth is his wife. The Princewas born Prince of Greece and Denmark in Corfu in 1921, but renounced his Royal title when he became a naturalised British subject in 1947.
2007-01-17 04:04:22 · answer #2 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because he's not the King. He is the consort to the Queen. He has married into the Windsor family and is not from it (he is of Greek origin originally).
The Duke of Edinburgh (his title) was a gift of the Queen
2007-01-17 03:57:15 · answer #3 · answered by GL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because she is the Queen, he is only the consort to the Queen.
2007-01-17 18:11:49 · answer #4 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to be born into the Windsors to become king. he married in
2007-01-17 12:09:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually I found a little history about him. HOpe this answer your question.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh
2007-01-17 10:46:35 · answer #6 · answered by angelikabertrand64 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he wasn't heir to the throne, his wife was.
2007-01-17 04:06:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
cause he's not dumb ass.
2007-01-17 16:41:56 · answer #8 · answered by obanlassie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋