| Duchess of Cornwall | |
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| Style | Her Royal Highness |
| Member of | British royal family |
| First holder | Joan of Kent |
TheDuchess of Cornwall is a title held by the wife of the heir apparent to theBritish throne. The Duchess of Cornwall is usually also thePrincess of Wales, and she uses that title. The current title-holder isCatherine (néeMiddleton), whose husband,Prince William (laterPrince of Wales), became theDuke of Cornwall on 8 September 2022, upon the death of his grandmother QueenElizabeth II.[1] Previously, Catherine's stepmother-in-law,Queen Camilla, was known by this title.
| Person | Name | Coat of Arms | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess of Cornwall | Spouse | Change in style | Death | |
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 | Joan of Kent | 19 September 1328 | 10 October 1361 | Edward of Woodstock | 7 June 1376 Husband's death; becameDowager Duchess of Cornwall | 7 August 1385 | |||
 | Anne Neville | 11 June 1456 | 13 December 1470 | Edward of Westminster | 4 May 1471 Husband's death; became Dowager Duchess of Cornwall; later becamequeen consort as the wife ofRichard III | 16 March 1485 | |||
 | Catherine of Aragon | 16 December 1485 | 14 November 1501 | Arthur Tudor | 2 April 1502 Husband's death; became Dowager Duchess of Cornwall; later became queen consort as the wife ofHenry VIII | 7 January 1536 | |||
 | Wilhelmina CharlotteCaroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach | 1 March 1683 | 22 August 1705 | 1 August 1714 | George Augustus | 11 June 1727 Husband acceded to throne asGeorge II; became queen consort | 20 November 1737 | ||
 | Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg |  | 30 November 1719 | 17 April 1736 | Frederick Louis | 31 March 1751 Husband's death; became Dowager Duchess of Cornwall | 8 February 1772 | ||
 | Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | 17 May 1768 | 8 April 1795 | George Augustus Frederick | 29 January 1820 Husband acceded to throne asGeorge IV; became queen consort | 7 August 1821 | |||
 | Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia of Denmark |  | 1 December 1844 | 10 March 1863 | Albert Edward | 22 January 1901 Husband acceded to throne asEdward VII; became queen consort | 20 November 1925 | ||
 | VictoriaMary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of Teck |  | 26 May 1867 | 6 July 1893 | 22 January 1901 | George Frederick Ernest Albert | 6 May 1910 Husband acceded to throne asGeorge V; became queen consort | 24 March 1953 | |
.jpg) | Diana Frances Spencer | .svg) | 1 July 1961 | 29 July 1981 | Charles Philip Arthur George | 28 August 1996 Divorced; assumed the style of Diana, Princess of Wales[2] | 31 August 1997 | ||
.jpg) | Camilla Rosemary Shand |  | 17 July 1947 | 9 April 2005 | 8 September 2022 Husband acceded to throne asCharles III; became queen consort | living | |||
| Catherine Elizabeth Middleton |  | 9 January 1982 | 29 April 2011 | 8 September 2022 | William Arthur Philip Louis | Incumbent | living | |
Until her husband's accession to the throne, Camilla, the second wife of thethen-Prince of Wales, used the title "Duchess of Cornwall" rather than "Princess of Wales", as the latter was still popularly associated with Charles's first wife,Diana, whodied in 1997.[3]
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When she married Prince Charles, "Camilla was not popular or well liked, [though] this has changed a lot since the marriage as Camilla has taken on a lot of patronages and Charles is a lot happier," [Marlene] Koenig says. "Still, [there was] a lot of tension and anger among a certain element of the population—so it was decided that Camilla would be styled as the Duchess of Cornwall, even though, of course, she is the Princess of Wales."
