dowager queen
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Until February 1952, the dowager queen outranked her granddaughter.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2022
Her cousin, Mary — to some, the queen of Scotland, dowager queen of France and the rightful queen of England, but to her enemies, “that conniving Scottish witch” — languishes in the Tower of London.
From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2020
London, the dowager queen putting her gaudiest remnants on fire sale, seems so different from Warsaw.
From Time Magazine Archive
Inside, the club's dowager queen, Beryl Austin, observes the whirling proceedings with gleaming eyes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The young Rājā of Garhā Mandlā, Bīr Narāyan, was then a minor, and the defence of the kingdom devolved on Durgāvatī, the dowager queen.
From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by Sleeman, William
