Prince consort

A prince consort is the husband of a queen regnant who is not himself a king in his own right.

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• Usage in imperial China
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In recognition of his status, a prince consort may be given a formal title, such as Prince, Prince Consort or King Consort, with Prince being the most common. However, most monarchies do not have formal rules on the styling of princes consort, and one may have no royal title.

Prince Consort (capitalized) is a formal title. Prince Albert is the only spouse of a British queen to have held it: it was awarded to him in 1857 by his wife Queen Victoria (reigned 1837–1901). In 2005, Prince Henrik, the spouse of Margrethe II of Denmark, was awarded the title, but in 2016, he announced that he would no longer use it. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (prince consort of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth realms) is a Prince of the United Kingdom but is not titled Prince Consort.

Neither the descriptive phrase princess consort nor the title Princess Consort has yet been used in Western monarchies, as dynastic wives of kings have instead been styled as queen consort, often with the title Queen. However, Clarence House has announced that if Charles, Prince of Wales, becomes monarch of the United Kingdom, his second wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, will have the title Princess Consort rather than Queen.