What A Relationship
Her husband’s nickname would go public when the movie The Queen was released in 2006. It became particularly popular after the scene when Phillip and Elizabeth are resting in bed and the former tells her, “Move over, Cabbage.” A writer for the film said that they simply must include it when they heard about the interesting nickname from an insider.
It’s Confirmed
Even one of the Queen’s biographers confirmed the adorable little detail! Robert Lacey said, “Yes, I’ve heard that is how [Prince Phillip] will sometimes refer to [the Queen].” Of course, the pet name has received a lot of speculation—some claim that it must have come from the French term of endearment “mon petit chou.”