Queen - in Government and Monarchy

In Government and Monarchy

  • Queen regnant, a female monarch of equivalent status to a male king
  • Any of the three currently living queens regnant:
    • Beatrix of the Netherlands (born 1938), Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
    • Elizabeth II (born 1926), Queen regnant of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms
    • Margrethe II of Denmark (born 1940), Queen regnant of the Kingdom of Denmark
  • Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king
  • Queen dowager, a former queen consort whose husband has died
  • Queen mother, either a queen dowager, or a queen regnant who has abdicated, whose son or daughter has become the monarch

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