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Prince Phillip[edit]

According to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh#Royal_status, "[t]he Queen has never granted the Duke the title of Prince Consort. This title was granted to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha by his wife, Queen Victoria, and has not been used since." However, this article lists the Duke of Edinburgh as holding the title Prince Consort. Neither article provides citation. -- Psy guy ^Talk 17:52, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Huh? This article explicitly states that Albert is the only Briton to ever have been awarded the title. The fact that Philip is a prince consort (with no capital letters) is unrelated to whether or not he is entitled to be called "HRH The Prince Consort" or something similar. -- Jao 17:36, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, Prince Philip was not granted the title of a Prince Consort (doesn't matter if you write it capital or not), as a result he is'nt called like this. He became granted the title of a Prince and he is called Prince Philip and/or Duke Philip. --80.108.153.176 (talk) 15:06, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It does "matter [in proper English] if you write it capital or not", and he is never called Duke Philip. Otherwise fine. --SergeWoodzing (talk) 16:55, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In english, of course, but otherwise it doesn't matter, because the title is Prince [of the United Kingdom] and Duke of Edinburgh. And he is also called Duke Philip of Edinburgh sometimes. And one writer above me calls him also "the Duke of Edinburgh". There is no duchess of Edinburgh, only an heir apparent, Prince Charles. --80.108.153.176 (talk) 12:02, 8 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Since this is English Wikipedia, I suggest we deal with English, nothing else, and that we all do our best to write it correctly, that includes me, you and everyone else, and it also includes taking constructive criticism to heart, not ignoring it. Philip is the Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Edinburgh, a prince of the United Kingdom, Prince of the United Kingdom, a British prince and Prince Philip. I repeat, he is never called Duke Philip. --SergeWoodzing (talk) 16:26, 8 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

But you've said yourself now, that he is the Duke of Edinburgh? So why wouldn't you call him "Duke Philip"? In my opinion, it really doesn't matter how one calls Philip. One can also call him Philip old boy or Mr. Mountbatten and it wouldn't be wrong. --80.108.153.176 (talk) 22:07, 8 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This page is for discussing the article, not for discussing your personal ideas about titles that are not in use. --SergeWoodzing (talk) 22:17, 9 February 2015 (UTC) --SergeWoodzing (talk) 22:17, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Are you stubborn or what? I tell you, these are titles, that are in use. --80.108.153.176 (talk) 10:09, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Can you show us a citation that makes it ok to call him "Duke Philip"? Something that isn't just your own opinion? -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 10:17, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As I tell you, it's not only my own opinion. And some speakers above me even called him already "Duke Philip of Edinburgh", so there's even no need for giving any source. But you can of course look on google or yahoo. --80.108.153.176 (talk) 11:49, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

My comments concern "Duke Philip" (exactly that), not "Duke Philip of Edinburgh". --SergeWoodzing (talk) 13:38, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know and you don't know, if he is called only "Duke Philip" by someone, but he might be called like this and it that also be the same legal, and it really doesn't matter, if there's any "of Edinburgh" in his callname or not. --80.108.153.176 (talk) 14:58, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Also, there is a Duchess of Edinburgh. Her other, better-known title is Queen Elizabeth II. Between 1947 (when she married the Duke) and 1952 (when she succeeded her father as Queen) she was in fact titled "Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh". Her new queenly title supersedes her Duchess title, but it still exists. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 22:34, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup/Merge[edit]

Queen Consort#Titles indicates that "King Consort" is not used, whence the merge proposal. Lycurgus (talk) 17:12, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I don't quite get this. The article says that "the husband of a reigning queen is usually not called 'king consort'". How is that "is not used"? The title might not be common, but it certainly exists. Could still be merged, of course, but I don't really see the need for that. —JAO • T • C 17:45, 30 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I Would think that merging all into the broader category of "Royal consort" would better serve the topic, particularly since neither King consort nor Princess consort are that broadly used. Absurdist1968 (talk) 20:59, 22 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]