Kate Middleton will be a queen
consort when Prince William takes over the throne.
He will table an Early Day Motion and a possible amendment to the primogeniture repeal suggesting that the spouses of monarchs be known in law as Prince or Princess
Consorts, the report added.
He may be our last opportunity to have a king
consort with any royal blood.
Kinney offers a full account of the influential imperial
consorts of the Former Han dynasty.
The ultimate impression of this book is that these queen
consorts were the last generation to move in a world in which Europe was held together by the familial ties between royal houses.
Pat Henry will not have a named
consort at her side.
This year's annual conference of the Society for Court Studies aims to study women at the top of this public sphere, by looking at The Role of the
Consort. (Of course, men were occasionally
consorts, such as George of Denmark, Queen Anne's husband; but as the life of Elizabeth I shows, it was hard for reigning queens to find a suitable
consort.) Topics to be addressed include: the
consort's political role and influence; the
consort as an instrument of dynastic diplomacy; the
consort's powers of patronage; the
consort in opposition to the royal mistress; the
consort as mother and educator; the
consort's reputation; and the
consort and visual representations.
Although none of the other
consorts reaches this level of tonal experimentation, most of them do evince some unusual harmonies.
Perhaps this label became attached because, as North tells us, Charles II `had an utter detestation of Fancys' and thus the viol
consort was completely out of favour at court.
One immediately notices that there is something extraordinary about this book, for it begins with a 3 1/2-page 'historical capriccio' describing an imaginary concert at Whitehall on the eve of Strafford's impeachment in 1641, at which
consort music by William Lawes is about to be played.
Royal author Penny Junor told (https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1043203/camilla-prince-charles-queen-consort-princess-consort-king) Express that it is highly likely for the future king to give Bowles the official title of Queen
Consort when he becomes King.
As previous
consorts before him, the Duke has had to carve out a role for himself befitting his status but ensuring, like the Queen, he is politically neutral.