queen consort
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For nearly three months now, Kate Middleton, the future queen consort of England, has taken a step back from the royal spotlight.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2024
The wife of a British king is known as a queen consort, distinguishing the role from that of a reigning female monarch such as Queen Elizabeth II.
From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2023
The ceremonies also mark an extraordinary public rehabilitation on the part of the queen consort, now to be queen, Camilla.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2023
Charles and Camilla, now the queen consort, in the Blue Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace last month.
From New York Times • May 4, 2023
His mother was "lawful first queen consort"; and the late first or major king, Somdetch-P'hra Paramendr Maha Mongkut, was his elder full brother.
From The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok by Leonowens, Anna Harriette