Princess consort I of England, Philip II of Spain, was made king consort. The current consort of Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is styled as "prince" rather than "king consort". Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, was accorded the style of Royal Highness upon their marriage in 1840, but was not accorded any formal title until 1857 (four years before his death) when he was created Prince Consort. The consort of King Mohammed VI of Morocco, Princess Lalla Salma, is styled as "HRH the Princess Consort", the first Moroccan royal consort to receive any title. Princess consort Princess consort is
Albert, Prince Consort Just before the marriage, Albert was naturalised by Act of Parliament, and granted the style of "Royal Highness" by an Order in Council. Initially Albert was not popular with the British public; he was perceived to be from an impoverished and undistinguished minor state, barely larger than a small English county. The British Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, advised the Queen against granting her husband the title of "King Consort"; Parliament also objected to Albert being created a peer—partly because of anti-German sentiment and a desire to exclude Albert from any political role. Albert's religious views provided a small amount of