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
• Sarah served as one of Diana’s ladies-in-waiting, and their children played together.
  — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 29 July 2026
• Hussey was a lady-in-waiting to the late Queen Elizabeth and is a godmother to Prince William.
  — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
• During official visits, the former would sometimes accompany the princess as one of her ladies-in-waiting, per Tatler.
  — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 29 July 2026
• Lady Pamela Hicks, a lady-in-waiting and bridesmaid of Queen Elizabeth, has died.
  — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 5 June 2026
• The Earl of Nithsdale broke out of the Tower of London by dressing as a lady-in-waiting and slipping past the guards.
  — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 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