TheRoyalCourtisane
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However, Princess Astrid's husband is a Prince of Belgium ; the husband of the Princess of Asturias (by law and by tradition) will be named Prince of Asturias, and Chris O'Neill isn't a Prince of Sweden just because he turned down the title. Likewise, in Spain, the husband of a duchess is a duke, as the husband of a marchioness is a marquis. So, although it is true that the European custom is still mostly that husbands don't take the titles and styles of their wives, that is changing.
More significantly, husbands of queens have been kings for centuries, so , in this case, it is not even a matter of modern gender equality issues.
But Prince Lorenz(Princess Astrid's husband) has a higher rank than that of his wife as head of the House of Austria-Este. They got married while Albert was to reigning so was granted the title of Prince of Belgium as spouse to a reigning king's child.
Princess Leonor's future husband will not be given the title of Prince of Asturias as the title is only for the heir to the throne. Same as Pss Elisabeth's spouse who not get the titles of Duke of Braabant. When the time comes I am sure that both Kings Felipe and Philippe will create a title the same way King Carl XVI Gustaf did for Prince Daniel.
So Henrik is being nuissance for a while now. This is too much but my best bet with this holidays is for QMII to return to Copenhagen earlier and alone
I wonder if this is starting conversations within other European governments that have constitutional monarchies. What to do for the consort when the heir to the throne is an heiress? How will pre-eminence be handled, as well as the title? The next queen regnant coming up would be Victoria of Sweden. I assumed it was worked out before the marriage what Daniel's title and rank would be when she takes the throne, and he understands. How will be things be settled for Ingrid Alexandra (Norway), Elizabeth (Belguim), Catharina Amalia (Netherlands) or Leonore (Spain)? (Leonore's position changes if the king and queen have a son, I believe.)
Daniel has said since the engagement announcement as well as a couple of times over the years that he is perfectly fine with being a prince consort Duke of Västergötland and will do everything in his capacity to help Victoria in her duties as Queen Regnant. He admires her duties as heir and future queen.
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