But, royal tradition often dictated that he take several steps back from that duty to let his wife or royal standards take precedence.
While Matt Smith demurs in his words to Variety about in what way Prince Phillip is “male,” anyone who watched the first season of The Crown, or anyone who knows a lot about royal protocol, could tell you what he meant by that statement.
And, for someone who was used to basically controlling his own destiny, this caused repeated sticking points for the young couple over the course of Season 1.
As most men would want, especially at the time he married the soon-to-be Queen of England, Phillip simply wanted to be able to actually act as the head of his new family.