It was when Queen Victoria decided, 17 years after her marriage to her cousin Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, to appoint him Prince Consort and to consult him fully about the matters of state that she had to deal with as sovereign.

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Queen Beatrix's consort Prince Claus suffered from severe depression for years and felt constrained by his role.

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Queen Juliana's consort Prince Claus suffered from severe depression for years and felt constrained by his role.

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In 1861, Prince Albert, consort and husband of Queen Victoria of England, died of typhoid at Windsor Castle.

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The club, named after Queen Victoria's German consort Prince Albert, was founded for Manchester's community of middle class Germans involved in the cotton trade.

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The Queen's Consort, Prince Claus, suffered from depression and died in 2002, at the age of 74.

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The wife of a British King is automatically his Queen Consort - as, incidentally, Prince Charles is only too well aware, despite Clarence House's attempts to suggest that Camilla will merely be "Princess Consort".

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The public has accepted Camilla, Prince Charles's former mistress, as his consort.

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