Indeed, but since a king was always the one in charge, whereas a queen might be either a consort or queen regnant, that might, you know, give him ideas - and there was some anxiety in certain quarters about Philip, and most notably his uncle, in the early days.
The only precedents are Mary I’s marriage to Philip II of Spain (not generally considered an unalloyed success) and the joint reign of William III and Mary II (he had some claim in his own right, which is why they had been married in the first place, and more to the point he had seen off Louis XIV, but she lent a little extra legitimacy to what was, in effect, a parliamentary coup d’état).
All dukes are princes in an obsolete lowercase-p usage that probably not even all dukes are aware of, but they’re not all Princes of the United Kingdom.
Both Denmark and the Netherlands have used the same title (Prince) for the spouse of their Queen Regent in the 20th century. I suspect this is a tradition likely to stay - and quite frankly, European monarchies are pretty much just about tradition (and tourism) at this point in time.
Exactly. Charles will be King, whatever title Camilla takes, the Daily Mail reading fantasists just need to get over it, as they dismount from their moral high horses. Charles and Camilla are very clearly very happy, and she is very good for him (unlike Diana).
I believe the Netherlands actually switched to having princesses consort rather than queens consort, but flinched when it finally came time to follow through.
She possesses the duchy, but she isn’t a duke. The duchy is an asset owned by the crown, not something she has on the side, in a separate role. She cannot be a duke any more than she can hold a drivers license or be granted a passport. (She has consented to use of the title in certain circumstances like toasts, but that just means she’s called a duke. Everybody in England is free to be called a duke if they wish, so long as they don’t commit fraud.)
Yes, although it may be worth noting that between 2005 and 2016, the title of the Danish Queen’s husband was actually “Prince Consort” (prinsgemal) rather than “Prince” (prins).
He wasn’t. He married Mary in 1554, and didn’t become king of Spain until 1556. At the time of his marriage, he was Prince of Asturias and Girona (and had a bunch of other titles…their joint titles were “Philip and Mary, by the Grace of God King and Queen of England, Spain, France, Jerusalem, both the Sicilies and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, Archdukes of Austria, Dukes of Burgundy, Milan and Brabant, Counts of Habsburg, Flanders and Tirol.”. She brought England, France, and Ireland to the table, the rest of the titles were his.)
