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  2. Apr 9, 2021 · But when Queen Elizabeth took the throne, Philip did not become the King of England, thanks to a longstanding rule in the royal family which decrees that a man who marries a reigning queen will...

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  4. Apr 9, 2021 · When Prince Philip married then-Princess Elizabeth more than 70 years ago, he was forced to renounce his Greek and Danish royal titles in order to become the Duke of Edinburgh; however, a...

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  5. Apr 9, 2021 · Philip's official title was His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. And the short answer to the question is because his wife, the queen, didn't make him king.

  6. Apr 10, 2021 · Prince Philip might not have been king, but he was constantly by his wife's side, and was the Queen's consort, with a primary role of supporting her.

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  7. Apr 9, 2021 · On becoming a naturalised British citizen, he took on the surname Mountbatten. For 10 years after Philip's marriage to the Queen in 1947, he was known only by his title, Duke of Edinburgh....

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  8. Apr 9, 2021 · When Prince Philip married Queen Elizabeth II, he became prince consort, not king consort. Some say he wasn't given the title of king because he would have outranked the Queen.

  9. Apr 9, 2021 · By definition, Prince Philip was a prince consort, meaning the husband of a queen, but not automatically a king. He was bestowed with the titles Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron ...

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