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List of British royal consorts

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Queens consort participate in the coronation ceremony, undertaking many of the same ceremonies as the monarch. Queens traditionally wear elaborate robes and walk in the procession under a canopy. They have also been anointed with holy oil and been crowned. Traditionally, male consorts are not crowned
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in 2023, the current royal consort, Queen Camilla, has also been styled as "Her Majesty The Queen" per tradition. Camilla was styled as "Her Majesty The Queen Consort" preceding the coronation to distinguish her from her then recently deceased mother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth II, who as a
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The wife of the reigning king as his consort is styled as "Her Majesty The Queen" during her husband's reign and "Her Majesty Queen " upon her husband's death. The Queen is referred to as "Her Majesty" and addressed as "Your Majesty". Since
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have no constitutional status or power but many have had significant influence, and support the sovereign in his/her duties. There have been 11 royal consorts since Britain's union of the crowns in 1707, eight women and three men.
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The husband of a reigning queen does not share the regal title and style of his wife, and the three men who served as consort held various titles. The title of "Prince Consort" has only been held by Queen Victoria's husband
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Not all wives of monarchs have become consorts, as they may have died, been divorced before their husbands' acceding to the throne, or married after abdication. Such cases include
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as a distinct title in 1857, the only male consort of the United Kingdom or its predecessor realms to have held the title. Victoria wished to style him as
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represents 'equity and mercy' and the dove, with its folded wings, is symbolic of the Holy Ghost. The
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Creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain; became consort to the monarch of
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Since 1937, the sovereign's consort and the first four individuals in the
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Only George I and Edward VIII were unmarried throughout their reigns.
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Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Prince of Mirow
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in 1947, five years before his wife's accession, and was made a
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Tudor and Stuart consorts : power, influence, and dynasty
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in 1689, several years before his wife's accession in 1702.
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with the United Kingdom ended in 1837 on the accession of
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Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
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in 1831, and has been used by queens consort ever since.
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Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
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is the longest-lived consort. Since the accession of
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Index

Queen consort of Great Britain and Ireland
England
Scotland
Ireland
List of English royal consorts
List of Scottish royal consorts
List of Irish royal consorts

British monarchs
Prince Philip
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Charles III
Camilla
union of England and Scotland in 1707
Hanover
Elector of Hanover
kings of Hanover
personal union
Queen Victoria
Salic Law
Succession to the Crown Act 2013
male primogeniture
Austro-Prussian War
Prussia
Province of Hanover
Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle
George, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Wallis Warfield
Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor

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