King and Queen

[dan no1]

Carrying on from sp1814's question, is it at all possible for us or anywhere to have a king and queen at the same time?

[tubeway]

Already been done - William and Mary
William III ruled 1689 to 1702
Mary II ruled 1689 to 1694

[NORMANTHEDOG]

all kings have a queen,but queens dont have a king,very often

[Loosehead]

Any married King has a Queen consort.

[Ethel]

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother) were the last.

[jno]

William and Mary were a one-off (or a two-off, I suppose). James II was expelled for being Catholic and parliament offered the throne to his daughter Mary, who was Protestant; she refused to take it unless William was made king, and he refused to do this unless he could be a full joint sovereign - which meant he was able to rule alone after she died. They're the only joint sovereigns.

It partly depends what you mean by 'queen'. As Norman says, king's wives are called queens, though they aren't sovereigns. But soveriegn queen's husbands are seldom called kings, at least not in Britain. The only other one I know of was Mary I: her husband, King Philip of Spain, was also made king, but only while she was alive.

[tubeway]

The question was - is it possible - I answered yes as it has been done - It is possible (although unlikely) that we could have joint rulers again

[jno]

oh, I wasn't disagreeing, tubeway. Next stop Queen Camilla