From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!houxz!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!mcdaniel Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: Posslq finds favor - (nf) Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1556 Posted: Wed Feb 23 22:38:26 1983 Received: Thu Feb 24 03:42:17 1983 #R:mitccc:-29200:uiucdcs:19000011:000:1027 uiucdcs!mcdaniel Feb 23 20:35:00 1983 About royal marriages: In Great Britain, as I recall, a ruling king is married to his queen, but a ruling queen is married to her prince consort. Examples: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (now the Queen Mother of Great Britain), but Queen Elizabeth II and Philip Prince Consort, and Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. King William and Queen Mary of the Glorious Revolution was a special case (Queen Mary ruled, but King William would have ruled if he survived her). This is the practice in the Netherlands, I think. -- The reason for this rule, of course, is that the rank of "King" is considered higher than that of "Queen". Sexist, but most monarchies are, although some more modern monarchies have recently changed the succession rule to avoid sexual discrimination. BTW, in SCAdia (the Society for Creative Anachronism), the ruler decides his/her consort's status and rank. God save the Queen! Tim McDaniel (. . . pur-ee!uiucdcs!mcdaniel)