Joseph Riggs wrote: > If they don't become King by law (which is what usually used to happen), > then I believe that the proper term for them is "Royal Consort", although > I'm not entirely certain on that.
Heh it wouldn't be a quiz if it's that simple. Both husbands of the English and Dutch Queens are Princes. Prince Claus was born a commoner (but an aristocrat) and given the title Prince when his wife Princess Beatrix became Queen. Prince Philip was born from royal blood (Prince of Greece and Denmark), but he gave up his royal title prior to marriage to then- Princess Elizabeth. He was made a Duke, Earl and Baron upon the marriage, and then a Prince 10 years later, 4 years after Elizabeth was crowned Queen. So actually from 1954-57, the husband of Queen of England was only a Duke. Royal consort is a generic functional term for the spouse of a royal person, since that spouse could be given all kinds of different royal titles. If a royal consort is reduced to using "Royal Consort" or some-such as his/her title, it's strongly implied that the relation doesn't have full formal legitimacy. E.g. (real world) second wife of the future King Charles and (SF) Lady Jessica, unmarried concubine of Duke Leto. -- Dr. Core -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
