queen consort

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The commission for a formal portrait of Mariana of Austria, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor and Spain’s new queen consort, was a very big deal.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024

And if all of that is also true for a future queen consort, then there’s no hope for the rest of us.

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

Charles and Camilla, now the queen consort, in the Blue Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace last month.

From New York Times • May 4, 2023

The queen consort is to be crowned secundum ordinem Romanum, and the whole function precedes the mass.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various