One level under a queen. The Duke of Windsor had been King of England until he married Mrs Simpson and gave up his throne. She became then the duchess of Windsor. Not a queen. One big impossible jump away from that rank.
The title Queen of England does not exist anymore. The Queen of the United Kingdom cannot appoint a Duchess as a duchess is the wife of a Duke.
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King : Queen :: Duke : Duchess^_^
When she was The Duchess of York, she was sometimes called "The Smiling Duchess". When she was The Queen Mother (for more than 50 years), she was popularly called "The Queen Mum"
A female Duke can be a Duke or Duchess. The wife of a Duke is a Duchess Duke is unique amongst the British titles in that if a woman holds the title in her own right the title may be the same as the male (unlike, say, Baron, where a woman given the same title is always a Baroness). So while Kate Middleton is the Duchess of Cambridge (because she is married to the Duke - William), the Queen is the Duke of Lancaster (because she holds the title, not Philip). The Queen is also a Duchess as a result of being married to a Duke.
No. The Duchess is a character from Lewis Carroll's first Alice book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The White Queen is one of the living chess pieces from the second book, Through the Looking Glass. They are entirely different people.
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Neither. She is the Duchess of Cambridge.
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The Duchess of Grafton, Fortune Fitzroy
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