How to Use lady-in-waiting in a Sentence

lady-in-waiting

noun
  • Queen Mary had four devoted ladies-in-waiting.
    — Miranda Seymour, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
  • This is honourable work for a lady-in-waiting to a queen, and the duty of a beloved sister-in-law.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Hussey was a lady-in-waiting to the late Queen Elizabeth and is a godmother to Prince William.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Lady Pamela Hicks, a lady-in-waiting and bridesmaid of Queen Elizabeth, has died.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 June 2026
  • Shân, as she was known, died in December at age 82 and had previously served as a lady-in-waiting to the Princess Royal.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Lady Pamela Hicks, a lady-in-waiting and bridesmaid of Queen Elizabeth’s and a cousin to Prince Philip, has died at 97 years old.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 June 2026
  • Costelloe got his first glimpse of royalty when one of Princess Diana's ladies-in-waiting recognized one of his designs and set up a meeting between the designer and the princess, according to AP News.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Fox reclaims the notorious lady-in-waiting from centuries of scandal, revealing a sharp-witted, politically savvy woman caught in the tyrannical court of Henry VIII.
    — Phillipa Gregory, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Born Lady Anne Coke, Glenconner served as a maid of honor at Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953, and as lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret for more than 30 years.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Dec. 2025
  • On April 8, the late Princess of Wales' longest-serving lady-in-waiting, Anne Beckwith-Smith, was given a six-month driving ban and ordered to pay several hundred dollars in fines, the Daily Mail reported.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
  • With Lady Danbury now serving a singular role as Queen Charlotte’s bestie, Brownell says that the requests that the royal usually asked of her pal will be instead passed on to her newest lady-in-waiting, Alice Mondrich (Emma Naomi).
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Her grandmother Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy, was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and her brother-in-law Lord Robert Fellowes worked in the royal household, eventually rising to the role of Queen Elizabeth's private secretary.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026

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