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
Inside, the club's dowager queen, Beryl Austin, observes the whirling proceedings with gleaming eyes.
From Time Magazine Archive
London, the dowager queen putting her gaudiest remnants on fire sale, seems so different from Warsaw.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was said that for twelve years he had got the better of all the delegations at Pekin and controlled that extraordinary ruler of China, the dowager queen.
From My Memories of Eighty Years by Depew, Chauncey M. (Chauncey Mitchell)
