Crown Matrimonial

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The Crown Matrimonial is a legal concept and title rarely, if ever, used in any kingdoms that allegedly gives the monarch's spouse the right to inherit the crown after the monarch's death, regardless of whether the spouse is in the direct line of succession. The concept does not prolong a deceased monarch's reign as that monarch is dead. The concept of a consort succeeding a Sovereign is unknown in British history.

For example, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, wife of King George VI of the United Kingdom and mother of Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, had no right at all to the British throne. She was merely a Queen Consort. On the death of King George VI, the throne passed by law to his eldest daughter, Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother had no right at all to the throne.

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• King consort

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