Consorts, past and future, in Britain’s changing monarchy

LONDON (AP) - Prince Philip was the longest serving royal consort in British history by more than a decade when he died Friday at 99.

It was a role he assumed in 1952 when his wife, Queen Elizabeth II, ascended to the throne after the sudden death of her father ...

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