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| Neither of these is correct. The Queen Mother is the mother of any reigning monarch, and is only used if she has held the title of Queen herself at one time. The Queen Mother who has just died will go down in history as Queen Elizabeth, consort of King George VI. | Neither of these is correct. The Queen Mother is the mother of any reigning monarch, and is only used if she has held the title of Queen herself at one time. The Queen Mother who has just died will go down in history as Queen Elizabeth, consort of King George VI. | ||
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| I moved Queen Noor to the non-British list. If she truly is called "Queen Mother" in Jordan she'd be another exception to the general definition of being a Queen (she was) who is mother of a king or queen (she isn't: her husband was succeeded by HM King Abdullah II, a son by his first wife, not by Noor). -- ] 19:06 Apr 10, 2003 (UTC) | |||
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Isn't 'Queen Mother' the generic term for the mother of a queen?* If so, I do not think it would right to 'hog' this page for one specific person.
(my Pocket Oxford Dictionary says: "queen mother n. dowager who is mother of the sovereign.")--branko
'Queen mother' is the mother of a Queen, although the 'Queen Mother' (with caps) is a specific person, I think??
'Queen Mother' means the mother of a reigning queen, as opposed to the mother of a queen consort. So there may be another British one in the future, even ignoring other countries.
Neither of these is correct. The Queen Mother is the mother of any reigning monarch, and is only used if she has held the title of Queen herself at one time. The Queen Mother who has just died will go down in history as Queen Elizabeth, consort of King George VI. Deb
I moved Queen Noor to the non-British list. If she truly is called "Queen Mother" in Jordan she'd be another exception to the general definition of being a Queen (she was) who is mother of a king or queen (she isn't: her husband was succeeded by HM King Abdullah II, a son by his first wife, not by Noor). -- Someone else 19:06 Apr 10, 2003 (UTC)