Definition
Further information: queen motherA queen mother is therefore a person satisfying the following criteria:
- She is the mother of the current monarch.
- She has been queen consort.
- The monarch, if a male, is married; if he is not, his mother retains her title of queen. (This is analogous to the mother of a peer, who is called a dowager if the peer is married but not otherwise.)
Contrary to myth, queen mother does not mean mother of the Queen and applies irrespective of whether the monarch is male or female.
A queen mother retains the style of Her Majesty that she enjoyed as queen, but there is no further coronation ceremony to reflect her changed status.
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