Why is Prince Phillip, the husband of the Queen of England, not a King? What prevents him from being one?

Answer 1

First , Prince Phillip is of royal blood, In 1921, he was born a prince of Greece. He is a cousin of Queen Sophia of Spain, who is also part of the Greek Royal Family, her brother is King Constitine II of Greece. Greece's royal family was exiled for many years due to many coups and the King and Queen Anne Marie {who's the youngest sister of Queen Margarthe II of Denmark} are now able to make trips to the country. When Phillip married the then princess Elizabeth in 1947, before the marriage took place, he renounced his Greek citizenship and became a naturalized British Citizen, On the occassion of the marriage, he was conferred many titles, one of which is Duke of Edinburgh by King George VI , the Queen's father.
Secondly, he would.ve become king of Greece because his father was the second son of the King and Queen Sophia's father, King Paul was the first born son. Thirdly, he's not King consort and only consort to Queen Elizabeth because he wasn't born in England.
Finally while there many nations on the continent with Presidents and Chancellors {Ex France has a President and Germany has both a President and Chancellor, but the Chancellor is the head of gov}, there are 8 countries with sitting Queens and Kings and 3 countries with either a principality or grand duchy. The U.K., Belguim, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Spain, Norway and The Netherlands all have Constitutitonal Monarchies with Kings and Queen as head of state, and Monaco a principality, Prince Albert II is the head of State, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg are nations which are grand duchies , in other words, the heads of state of both countries are Grand Dukes.

Answer 2

It could well be argued that Phillip is rightful King Consort of England, as there is precedence established by the marriage of Queen Mary I to a prince of Spain. He was considered the King Consort of England.

However, for whatever personal reasons, Elizabeth II did not consent to nor bestow the use of this title for her husband. Rather, she followed the precedence established by Queen Victoria, who made her husband the Prince Consort rather than King Consort.

It certainly helps to show who really wears the 'pants' in the family...

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Answer 3

Every time this question is posted, which is about once a week, the same set of wrong answers seem to get posted by people who know nothing about it.

The married partner of the monarch is called whatever the monarch wishes them to be called and Parliament will agree to.

Queen Mary (1688 - 94) wanted her husband to be called "King William", and refused to be Queen otherwise, so Parliament agreed.

Queen Anne (1702 - 14) did not ask for any other title for her husband, Prince George of Denmark. He died in 1708.

Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901) married Albert in 1840, and called him her Prince Consort, although Parliament did not actually grant him this title until 1857. He died in 1861, and it is expected that simply to respect his memory, no future Queen will want to re-use this particular title.

Queen Elizabeth waited from 1952, when she became Queen, until 1957 before asking Parliament to agree to Philip being called Prince Philip instead of just the Duke of Edinburgh, and they agreed (then she adjusted it slightly to "The Prince Philip", but nobody complained).

Nearly all Kings want their wives to be called Queen, and Parliament has nearly always agreed. However, Charles has announced that he and Camilla don't want her to be called Queen Camilla, so that will be okay too.

Answer 4

Prince Phillip is a distant cousin of Queen Elizabeth ll. He was a royal prince of Greece when they married but her husband's family were in exile from Greece after a military coup overthrew the monarchy there. When they marrried she was already first in line to the throne of England and he became the Queen's consort when she became queen just as Prince Albert did when he married Queen Victoria. It's just the way their government is set up. I could be wrong but I think the name of the house will change to Mountbatton when Charles becomes king because that's his father's family name.

Answer 5

Because the Queen is the heriditary Monarch--Philip cannot be the King because the King always outranks a Queen. However Philip has no Heriditary right to the Throne.

If the Monarch was a King (such as King George), then his wife would be fashioned "The Queen" because she would not outrank her husband. However, although having the title of Queen, this person would not have a heriditary right to the Throne, and therefore on the death of her husband the first-born male (or female, from now one) would assume the title of King/Queen and the former Queen would become The Queen Mother.

Answer 6

In England, royalty follows the blood line that means the kings and the queens of England all are from the same family; they are all brothers and sisters or cousins. Any one who marries a member of the royal family will be called a prince, princess, duke or dutches whether their spouse is the queen or the king or not.

Answer 7

He does have royal blood. Philip was Prince of Greece and Denmark but he renounced his titles to go into the British military - his family got deposed in Greece and he was championed by Lord Mountbatten in the UK.

In this case Elizabeth has clear bloodline and title to the British Monarchy; Philip, while a distant cousin of hers, does not have title to the British monarchy and therefore cannot be King but is known as Prince Consort. It was the same with Victoria and Albert. You are born into a Crown or else you usurp it and these days they do not usurp anymore .

Answer 8

Same answer as above, ( he married royalty) but there is some difference, sometimes marrying royalty, can result is being King or Queen, if a coronation service is performed. Obviously for some reason Philip either did not meet the required legal criteria, or was not invited to.

Answer 9

For 1 thing he would have been King had he stayed in his native country.
Hitler said of Queen Elisabeth, that she was the most dangerous woman on earth because she would not renounce her throne and leave her country like all of the others did. That is why England still has a monarchy and the other countries have presidents.

Answer 10

He is the Queen's Consort. Elizabeth is the direct descendant of earlier Kings and Queens of England, her husband, although royal, is not.