Queen Elizabeth died on Thursday, 17 months after her husband, at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.īuckingham Palace said in a statement: "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. Philip became the longest serving consort of any monarch with his almost 70 years of service. He would never become king though, because even though he had royal blood, British parliamentary law declared that the spouse of monarch is known as a consort.ĭespite female spouses being called Queen Consort, such as King Charles III's wife Camilla, male spouses retain the title of Prince Consort. He became Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich, and Elizabeth granted him the title of prince 10 years after they were married Philip proposed to her later that year, and the two married in 1947 in a ceremony that was broadcasted over the radio to 200 million people worldwide.īefore they could marry Philip became a naturalized British citizen and took on the last name Mountbatten. "Yet however contrite I feel," he wrote, "there is always a small voice that keeps saying 'nothing ventured, nothing gained'-well did I venture and I gained a wonderful time." In 1946, Philip wrote to the queen, who he nicknamed "Lilibeth," apologizing for inviting himself to Buckingham Palace.
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