Word: consorts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Queen Victoria's stiffly sensitive and none-too-popular Prince Albert, who complained that he was "only a husband and not the master in the house." His proper rank was not finally settled until four years before he died, when Parliament at last made him officially Prince Consort. Easygoing Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is better liked by his wife's subjects and less bothered by form. Nonetheless, next June's Coronation is less than nine months away, and he needed to be put in his proper place. Last week Queen Elizabeth declared in a royal warrant that...
...crown surrenders in revenues is twice what it gets back in allowances. Once in control of the money, the House of Commons has been traditionally reluctant to part with it. After a rowdy argument in the House in 1840, Queen Victoria's requested ?50,000 a year for Consort Albert was cut to ?30,000. In 1911, George V made a deal with the House by which the monarch's allowance would be tax-free in exchange for his agreement to entertain all foreign royalty out of his own pocket. In 1937, Laborites unsuccessfully opposed George...
...Elizabeth to decide whether and when to elevate him to the rank of Prince Consort. Many expect that she will, at the time of her coronation. But even as a mere ducal husband, 30-year-old Philip is bound to play an influential part in the Queen's affairs. In Canada, exercising his easy charm at his wife's side, and managing to maintain a discreetly subordinate position, handsome Philip proved himself a graceful diplomat, an affable salesman of royalty...
...Arthur George, known to his family as "Bertie," was the most unassuming. To his formidable great-grandmother, even the date of his birth-Dec. 14, 1895-seemed inauspicious: as 76-year-old Queen Victoria noted in her journal, it was the 34th anniversary of the death of her beloved Consort, Prince Albert...
...Like many another British institution, the B.A.A.S. likes to honor itself by honoring royalty. Other members of the royal family who have presided: Prince Philip's great-great-grandfather Prince Consort Albert (1859), the Duke of Windsor, then Prince of Wales...