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Originally Posted by MysticCat
Oh, I am loathe to challenge my Jamestown cousin on this one, but the title has been longer than that. The OED dates it back to the sixteenth century. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was the first person for whom it was a formal rather than informal title. Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra before her chose not to use the title. Before them, you have to go back a few centuries to find anyone who would even be entitled to be called Queen Mother.
And LOL at all y'all!
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And I am most certainly NOT loathe to accept your royal authority, my royal Jamestown cousin! That's what I get for trusting Yahoo! - I need to brush up on my royal trivia. Sadly, I discovered last night that my favourite tiara is in need of repair.