Why doesn't she just call him my husband?
2007-05-08 10:11:15 · 66 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
it`s royal etiquette to refer to him with his aristocratic title
2007-05-08 10:14:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 26⤊ 0⤋
Its the title
2007-05-08 10:30:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ZenWoman: Prince Phillip is not a commoner.
Originally a Prince of Greece and Denmark, Prince Philip abandoned these titles shortly before his marriage. At the time of his engagement he was known as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. In 1947, he married Princess Elizabeth, the heiress to King George VI. Prince Philip was a member of the Greek and Danish Royal House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Prior to his marriage, George VI created him Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich with the style of His Royal Highness. In 1957, Philip was created a Prince of the United Kingdom. Prince Philip took the anglicized name of his mother's family, Mountbatten (formerly Battenberg) after becoming a British citizen.
2007-05-08 10:40:10 · answer #3 · answered by gromit801 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because that's not the way it works with royalty.
She must always be proper and part of that is referring to her husband as Prince Phillip.
2007-05-08 10:25:12 · answer #4 · answered by Barry 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they were going there as part of their Royal Duties. They were invited on the basis on being the Queen and Prince of England.
I am sure at dinner parties with friends she simply calls him "Phillip" or "my husband".
2007-05-08 10:19:23 · answer #5 · answered by Laura H 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You see, she(the Queen)is Elizabeth Windsor. He is Prince Phillip. Yes, he's her husband. But the "Royal" lone falls to her. He just married her. It's tricky, but it's important.
2007-05-08 10:33:59 · answer #6 · answered by Ke Xu Long 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greeting; It is a question of formal protocol.The royals go back a very long way to courtesies..This country has lost the formal ways we ounce had,its a shame,we are a world of terrible culture. We do you not .Go to the book store and look at a mag.or something about The Royals. In Faith We3inc
2007-05-08 10:50:29 · answer #7 · answered by thurley b W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jennifer Lopez didn't even call her husband "my husband" on American Idol. She referred to him as "Marc Anthony." It's a way to show respect for the person as an individual with their own name, title and position... as opposed to labeling them as belonging to you like a subject. This is even more true for the Queen of England than it is for an actress/music sensation.
2007-05-08 10:36:48 · answer #8 · answered by thegirlwholovedbrains 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the occasion whether The queen refers to Prince Philip as Prince Philip or The Duke of Edinburgh or my husband.
She will usually only use my husband when mentioning herself in the same sentence as in my husband and I.
2007-05-08 10:46:52 · answer #9 · answered by Easy Peasy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Etiquette.
He always refers to her as The Queen & never my wife or Liz.
When they are at the White House etc. they are working & these are their work titles just as you would refer to a soldier by his rank even if he was closely related to you.
2007-05-08 10:42:58 · answer #10 · answered by monkeyface 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As she is in the more powerful position, it would be considered rude to Prince Phillip to refer to him as "my husband." It's just as belittling as when some executive refers to his wife simply as "his wife", as if she has not identity of her own.
2007-05-08 10:24:20 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋