Combining Brit Royalty and Wizards...?

[o_caipora]

"Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> Perhap, restate one more time; are the reigning monarch and spouse
> automatically King AND Queen, or does the title only reside with the
> one who is reigning at the time?
> 
> If Hermione married Prince William (they are about the same age) and
> Prince William became King, would that automatically make Hermione
> Queen, or would she only hold the title Queen if William died and
> Hermione took over.

The kingship descends through blood. Mary married King (George? 
Edward?). Had Elizabeth. King died. Elizabeth became Queen; Mary 
became "Queen Mother". She's the one who kicked the bucket a year or 
so ago.

Outside of royalty, mother becomes "dowager".  A "Dowager Duchess" is 
the widow of a Duke. Her son became Duke and his wife Duchess. 

It's kind of like "emeritus" in academia.

In many of those old, grand English country houses there's a smaller 
(but still very nice) house called the "Dower House"; it's where the 
old Lady moves when the old Lord kicks off, to let her live out her 
remaining years in dignity and incidentally keep her out of the new 
Lady's hair.

So Hermione would never "take over". Her son would become King. Iif 
you read too much fanfic, he might become Queen.

Phillip is "Prince" rather than "King" because that's the custom; 
he's a consort, not a monarch. There's a title, Princess Royal, for a 
sibling of the monarch, which the monarch can bestow or not as she 
pleases. Liz hasn't given it to her sister.

 - Caipora