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05-11-2007, 02:00 AM
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Question for British Folk and/or Smart Dudes and/or Ladies
Why isn't Prince Phillip a king?
I finally figured out how the hell she got away with being Queen while having a mother. Then I promptly forgot that reasoning. Then I discovered she was married. I am super confused with your ceremonial royalty and their complicated pedegree.
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05-11-2007, 05:10 AM
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I don't actually know anything about it, but I'm guessing that while "queen" can mean "female monarch" or "wife of a king", "king" only means "male monarch." Philip then, being the husband of the Queen (female monarch), is not a king but holds the title of Prince.
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05-11-2007, 07:30 AM
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I think (not sure) that the Queen is the only or eldest child of the actual royal family. Prince Phillip, not actually being a royal, cannot be king, though he's promoted to prince by marrying the queen. The actual royal has to 'out-rank' the non-royal, and King is 'higher' than Queen.
Or is Prince Phillip her second husband? I could look it up, but I'm too lazy. I don't really pay attention to the Monarchy. It's all just symbolic, they have no real power, they're just a waste of money.
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05-11-2007, 11:40 AM
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I'm thinking that the correct answer is "try not to think about it."
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05-11-2007, 01:10 PM
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oh boy.
its simple Prince Phillip married the Queen. The Queen was born to the british royal famaly and thus Phillip is the "prince" as well as God only really knows how many other titles. But to answer why it is so that we all know that the Queen out ranks her husband. Spouces of monarchs ARE not of equle rank to the blood line. A Queen is not equle to a king unless there is no king, Queen is in essance the title given to the mother of the next in line to the thown. Queen Mother is the title given to whomever is in charge of the country. (don't get me started on the simantics) The rank of raining monarch goes to the eldest son through male decendants to the eldest female. If all die, abdicate or whatever it then falls to the uncle OR the direct children (unless the "whatever" has something to do with blood line then it defauts back to the preivous kings Brother.) hope that clears things up for you.
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05-11-2007, 07:49 PM
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Elizabeth I didn't marry precisely so that she could remain monarch, I seem to recall. As for the present title of Prince Consort, we have Queen Victoria to thank for that.
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