Lady of the Bedchamber
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Lady of the Bedchamber is the title of a lady-in-waiting holding the official position of personal attendant on a British queen regnant or queen consort. The position is traditionally held by the wife
The Countess of Airlie returns to Buckingham Palace in a carriage in 2008, having attended the State Opening of Parliament in her capacity as lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth II (a position she held from 1973 until the Queen's death in 2022).
Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Henrietta Maria.
Lady-in-waiting
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A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman bu
Lady of the Bedchamber
…Lady of the Bedchamber is the title of a lady-in-waiting holding the official position of personal attendant on a British queen regnant or queen consort. The position is traditionally held by the wife of a…
Princess Tatiana Alexandrovna Yusupova, a lady-in-waiting of the Imperial Court of Russia
Tang dynasty court ladies on A Palace Concert painting
Marie Louise of Savoy-Carignan, Princesse de Lamballe was chief lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie Antoinette of France
The Countess of Airlie (right), a Lady of the Bedchamber, accompanying Queen Elizabeth II as her lady-in-waiting (March 2005).