queen mother
Example Sentences
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"I love the monarchy so I will wear this to mourn the queen mother."
From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025
But it turned out to be her sister, Princess Margaret, and the queen mother.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023
There was also the position of the kentake, or queen mother.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
It was last brought out in public for the 2002 funeral of the queen mother, the last person to wear it, and the crown rested on a purple velvet pillow atop her coffin.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022
Above our heads, gulls wheel and cry, unaware that the queen mother nearly drowned just a dozen yards below.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
