Last month Britain’s longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth, has passed away 96 years old.
Millions for a secret purpose
With that he became his son, Charles (73), immediately the new king of the country. his wife, Camilla (75)immediately became queen consort, at the request of Queen Elizabeth.
However, this may confuse some, as Queen Elizabeth’s husband Prince Philip never became king.
Only heirs to the throne become kings
Philipborn Prince of Greece and Denmark, and then Princess Elizabeth married in 1947. After his marriage to the Princess, Philip’s princely title was replaced by “Duke of Edinburgh”, according to Independent.
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In 1952 Elizabeth became queen and later appointed her husband prince consort, she writes CBS News.
When a woman marries a monarch, she can be awarded the title of queen. However, the same rules don’t apply to men who marry a monarch. Only male heirs to the throne can become kings, the website explains.
– He expressed his displeasure
Se og Hør royal house expert Caroline Vagle tells Dagbladet that the traditions of the title haven’t always gotten along with royal men.
– In recent history, the norm has been that the husbands of monarch women had to be content with princely titles, while on the contrary, women were automatically assigned the title of queen.
– A complicated period
– Neither Prince Philip in Great Britain nor Prince Henrik in Denmark were particularly happy with it. The latter, in particular, has expressed his disappointment on several occasions.
It should go both ways
The royal house expert, however, describes the traditions of the title as outdated and indicating that the king is a higher rank than the queen.
– The time has come for equality even in royal circles, Vagle believes, but stresses that it should go both ways.
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Vagle refers to a debate post by historian and author Trond Norén Isaksen i After post last year.
There, Isaksen believed that the future husband of Princess Ingrid Alexandra (18) should receive the title of king.
“Norway likes to see itself as a leading country in terms of equality. Should we follow the old European tradition that the husband of a reigning queen is called a king, in the same way that a reigning king’s wife is called a queen?” Isaksen.
“If the future Norwegian monarch couple is to be named, for example, Queen Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Ola, it will seem unnatural from an equality point of view as if the current one were named King Harald and Princess Sonja.”
