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
He scoops the queen mother up in his arms—to my surprise she does not protest—and he starts back along the causeway, toward the bank.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
