Despite the monarch's absence, St James's Palace is an operating palace and the Royal Court is still nominally housed there. It is also Princess Anne's, Princess Beatrice's, and Princess Alexandra's London apartment. The other members of the family live either in Scotland or France. The current Duke of Edinburgh is Prince Philip, who was born Alexander Christian Frederik de Gerolstein. He was made a prince of Denmark when his father was appointed King. He has been married three times and has two children with his first wife. His daughter Sarah from his first marriage died at age 18 after suffering from bone cancer. His second wife, Sophie, died in 2004 at the age of 69 after 25 years of marriage. Before marrying for the third time, he lived for several years as an unmarried adult. He has one son and one daughter by his third wife. Prince Charles will become king when his mother dies or is removed from the throne. If his father dies first, then Charles will become king automatically. But if his father survives him, then Charles will have to wait 10 years before he can expect to be crowned. When her husband became king, Elizabeth II was advised not to leave Britain because the job was too stressful. So she withdrew from public life and left the running of the government to her ministers.