The wife of a British King is automatically his Queen Consort - as, incidentally, Prince Charles is only too well aware, despite Clarence House's attempts to suggest that Camilla will merely be "Princess Consort".

BBC: Philip the record-setting consort

The longest-serving consort in British history, Philip married then-Princess Elizabeth in November 1947 at Westminster Abbey.

CNN: UK's Prince Philip, 91, released from hospital