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Different types of queens
In Britain there three types of
queen in practise, but only one of them is sovereign.
Queen regnant
is the woman who
actually reigns; a woman who is in the line of succession
who succeeds as sovereign in her own right
example:
As Princess Elizabeth was the first in line of succession
she became Queen upon the death of her father, George
VI, in 1952
Queen consort
is the wife of
a king; when a woman marries a man who is in the line
of succession who later becomes King or is already King
at the time of their marriage
example:
the former Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon married a man that
was in line of succession, Prince Albert, Duke of York
who later succeeded as King upon the abdication of his
brother King Edward VIII in 1936
a Queen Consort is entitled
to be called Queen (followed by her Christian name)
for the rest of her life even after her husband dies
Queen dowager
the widow of a king:
a woman who is the widow of a late reigning king
example:
HM Queen Mary became queen dowager following the death
of her husband HM King George V in 1936
a one particular type of queen
dowager is one who uses the appellation 'Queen Mother'
example:
following the death of , King George VI in 1952, HM
Queen Elizabeth (1900-2002) chose to be called HM Queen
Elizabeth the Queen Mother; as a queen dowager, she
is referred to as HM Queen Elizabeth, and her daughter,
the queen regnant is referred to as HM The Queen
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