Why didn't Prince Phillip become King Consort on his wife's coronation? 🤔

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Evidently a man who marries the Queen becomes King Consort, but a woman who married the King would be technically Queen Consort but be called simply Queen.

dontbekoi · 36-40, F

@ChipmunkErnie See, this is where I get confused. Prince Philip did not become King. He remained Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Someone mentioned that NOT granting a King title “bolster(s) the authority of the woman” . Makes sense to me. What do you think?

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

@dontbekoi I wasn't sure, so I googled. I imagine it varies between countries and time periods, but what I could find regarding the modern UK is that a man can only become King of the UK by being born to it; if he is married to the Queen he's the King Consort. A woman can't become Queen if not born to it, but for some reason can be CALLED Queen and not Queen Consort. Makes sense that maybe when that rule came into effect they men in charge figured a male might try to take over as king but a woman wouldn't try to take over as queen?