Her era saw the advancement of England as a military might, domination of the British Isles, restored the Anglican faith, and ruled her country effectively through council for 45 years in a time when women were still being looked upon as being inferior to men.

Under Elizabeth’s rule, literature flourished thanks to Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Spenser. England laid the foundations for its future empire through the explorations of Sir Walter Raleigh, and Francis Drake on the American continents. Queen Elizabeth died March 24, 1603, ending the Tudor reign in England.

Elizabeth was loyal to those who deserved her loyalty. She was a shrewd leader who was always thinking ahead. And she genuinely cared about the people she led and was willing to do whatever was necessary to see her country achieve what she knew it was capable of achieving.

The revised Act of Supremacy still abolished papal supremacy, but defined Elizabeth as Supreme Governor, rather than Supreme Head, of the church. This change of title placated those who did not feel that a woman could be the head of the church, and the act passed fairly easily.

As the first British monarch since Queen Victoria to celebrate a Golden Jubilee, Elizabeth traveled more than 40,000 miles that year, including visits to the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. She also visited 70 cities and towns in 50 counties in the United Kingdom.

The royal prerogative includes the powers to appoint and dismiss ministers, regulate the civil service, issue passports, declare war, make peace, direct the actions of the military, and negotiate and ratify treaties, alliances, and international agreements.

In a nutshell – yes, Prince Harry can still be king. The Queen’s first son and Harry’s father – Prince Charles – is the present heir to the British monarchy. He will therefore become King after Queen Elizabeth. Prince William is then second in line to the throne, as the eldest child of The Prince of Wales.

: the wife of a reigning king.

A Queen is a former princess born into royalty; and depending on the Country, will rule in her own right. The power of the throne is her birthright. A Queen Consort is someone who marries into the royal family. She will never rule and her power is connected to her husband or her children who ascend to the throne.

Like all Royal consorts (including the present incumbent, Prince Phillip) and all other royals apart from the monarch, they have no actual constitutional powers. They may be given certain duties by the monarch (for example going to an event in the monarch’s stead) but they can’t do anything legal or constitutional.

A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king, or an empress consort in the case of an emperor. A queen consort usually shares her spouse’s social rank and status. She holds the feminine equivalent of the king’s monarchical titles, but historically, she does not share the regnant’s political and military powers.

noun. a husband or wife; spouse, especially of a reigning monarch. Compare prince consort, queen consort.

A queen consort is a queen because she is the wife of a king. Being the king’s wife gives her the right to be queen. Her husband is king in his own right.

The reason comes from a quirk of British parliamentary law that decrees that a man married to a reigning queen is referred to as a “prince consort” rather than king. In British royalty, the only way to become king is to inherit the title.