How to Use queen consort in a Sentence

queen consort

noun
  • No one was injured, and Charles and Camilla, the queen consort, weren’t at the palace at the time.
    Sylvia Hui, Fortune, 4 May 2023
  • In honor of the queen consort’s birthday, the abbey rang its bells for the first time since 2019.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 July 2023
  • The King List refers to her as lugal (king), not as eresh (queen consort).
    Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2021
  • As the future king and queen consort, don't expect the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to be standing at the front of the chapel on the big day.
    Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 23 Mar. 2018
  • When a British king marries, his wife is called queen consort, rather than princess.
    Morgan Evans, Redbook, 11 Apr. 2017
  • Now, Prince Charles has Camilla by his side as the future queen consort.
    Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Charles’ wife, Camilla, will be crowned as queen consort.
    Brian Melley, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2023
  • Charles' wife, Camilla, will be crowned as queen consort.
    Brian Melley, ajc, 5 May 2023
  • Queen Mary became the only queen consort to have been born in Australia.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Yet, at age 40, the Duchess of Cambridge stands strong, poised to one day inherit the title of queen consort.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2022
  • The title of queen consort is typically given to the wife of a monarch.
    Mary Pflum, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Charles and his now-wife and queen consort Camilla were both married to other people at the time.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The key difference between the queen and the queen consort is that the queen is an ascendant to the throne through succession.
    Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2022
  • The king and queen consort will also attend a state banquet in their honor at the Palace of Versailles.
    Jenny Gross, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • In British royalty, the wife of a king is called a queen consort, but the husband of a queen is called a prince consort, not a king consort.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 May 2023
  • To Charles' left sat his wife, Camilla, 74, Duchess of Cornwall and future queen consort.
    Danica Kirka, USA TODAY, 10 May 2022
  • The queen consort has continued to send messages through her jewels—or lack of them—this week.
    Leena Kim, Town & Country, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The queen consort does not, however, hold the same power as the king or as an *official queen* could.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 2 May 2023
  • Before her death, the queen expressed her wish that she be named queen consort when Charles acceded the throne.
    Max Colchester, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The queen consort has worn the brooch to previous engagements.
    Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2022
  • When Prince William takes the throne, his wife, Kate Middleton, will become queen consort.
    Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Will the future queen consort be in charge of corralling all the children into the chapel come Saturday?
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 16 May 2018
  • Over the next three days, the future king and queen consort will carry out eight engagements in Jamaica.
    Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Our conversation has moved on to Camilla, and what the new queen consort brings to her husband.
    Elizabeth Holmes, Town & Country, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Camilla, the queen consort, will be crowned alongside her husband.
    Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Camilla, 75, who will take the title of queen consort, is a sturdy and respectable presence at his side.
    Mark Landler, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Meghan and Kate Middleton, the future queen consort, never quite hit it off.
    Patrick Mulholland, National Review, 29 Aug. 2020
  • She will be crowned with Queen Mary's crown, marking the first time an existing crown was used for the queen consort's coronation.
    Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
  • William became Prince of Wales, Camilla became queen consort, and Charles, of course, became king.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The royal became the second queen consort in recent weeks to likely skip a sparkler for a night out for a sensitive reason.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023

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