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

Camilla will then be anointed, in a form similar to that of Queen Elizabeth, the queen mother, in 1937.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 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

Jeanne indicated the queen mother with a finger and whispered to Jacob, “She scares me.”

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz