What is the male equivalent of a "Queen Mother"?

Question

I know the situation comes up rarely if at all, but what would you call the widower of a reigning queen? I know the widow of a king is termed the Queen Mother or Queen Dowager, but is the male equivalent "Prince Dowager" or simply "Prince" or "Prince Consort" or whatever his formal title was, or what?

Answer 1

The only example I can find of that is Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, who outlived his wife, Queen Juliana, by several months (though she'd abdicated to her daughter Beatrix several decades earlier), and they don't appear to have ever changed his title from Prince. Thus, there is no precedent for any title whatsoever.

Keep in mind that Queen Mother has only been used as an official title once, and that was only because the consort of George VI couldn't use the title of Queen Dowager because her own mother-in-law was still alive.

The issue would likely only arise if there were a Prince Consort who did not have any titles in his own right. Prince Philip of the U.K., for example, is a Prince in his own right rather than a Prince Consort.

Answer 2

It is also not fully clear what would happen to the prince consort's title in the event that he were to outlive his wife, as this seems to have rarely occurred in the recorded annals of monarchy.
A Queen Dowager or Dowager Queen, Princess Dowager, Dowager Princess, is a title or status generally held by the widow of a deceased king. Dowager indicates a widow who holds the title from her deceased husband.
King Consort or Prince Consort, is the husband of a Queen regnant.
In the event that a female monarch passed away before her husband, he will continue to use his royal titles until he dies.

Answer 3

If HM Queen Elizabeth predeceases him, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh will not change his title.

He has never had the "Prince Consort" title, but was given precedence following her at all state functions. Dowager is only used for females, and is something of an antiquated term.

Bonus: If the Duke predeceases Her Majesty, HRH the Prince of Wales will become Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron of Greenwich (in addition to his existing fistful of titles).

Answer 4

If Queen Elizabeth were to die tomorrow, Prince Phillip would continue to be known as Prince Phillip, or by the title of his dukedom, the Duke of Edinburgh.
Dowager is strictly a female word and would never be applied to a male - of any station of life. Prince Consort would not be appropriate because he would not be the consort of the ruling monarch (who would likely be another male in any case).

Answer 5

I don't know! A good question! I guess he would still be The Duke of Edinburgh if he out-lived the Queen. No doubt he would be given another title.

The title 'queen mother ' was made up as Queen Mary (the queen's grandmother) was still alive when our current Queen was crowned and therefore had the official title.

Answer 6

Yes, Prince Consort.

Answer 7

There is no male equivalent because it was men who coined the term "bimbo" . Women deal with much more subtle terminology - they do not resort to neologisms. The truth is you put an inordinate amount of importance on the size of your penis - a woman would say. And the man then shriveled would call her a bit** and find someone smaller than himself to fight. I do not mean to make a sweeping generalization about all men - only the ones who would use the word "bimbo".

Answer 8

Sir Elton John or perhaps Graham Norton?

Answer 9

I guess a King Father.

Answer 10

It is obsolete,the Queen mother was the present Queens mother, which means her farther had died.