Originally Posted by
etudiant
No argument, I'm no authority on history, so please help me learn more.
My vague sense of Albert is Crystal Palace and promoting Industrial and technical progress. England dominated the world in the decades after his death.
By contrast, Prince Philip to me is a nice guy trying his best to keep things functioning, no push for future developments.
England has lost tremendous ground during his time as consort, not his fault, but he never spoke in praise of new technology
afaik.
While Britain may not have enjoyed the meteoric progress under the present Queen that it did under Victoria, your sense of Philip seems to be awry. He was fiercely interested in science, technology, manufacturing, computers, and the environment, and within the constraints of his position pushed hard in all these areas. If there was a STEM advocate within the family - he was it!