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Queen Charlotte Sound
Queen Charlotte Sound: name shared by a sound between Haida Gwaii and Vancouver Island, British Columbia (named 1786 for Queen Charlotte), and Tōtaranui, a drowned-valley sound in New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds named by Cook in 1770.
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story is a 2023 six-episode Netflix prequel created by Shonda Rhimes, dramatizing young Charlotte's marriage to King George III and the 'Great Experiment' that reshaped Bridgerton's society.
Queen Cheonchu
Queen Cheonchu (천추태후), formally Hyeonae Wanghu Hwangbo, was a Goryeo queen dowager and regent who dominated the court of her son King Mokjong from 998 until his overthrow in 1009.
Queen Cheorin
Queen Cheorin (철인왕후, 哲仁王后 金氏), 1837–1878, queen consort of Joseon's 25th king Cheoljong; an Andong Kim clan daughter married in 1851 under Queen Sunwon's regency; not Empress Myeongseong.
Queen Christina
Queen Christina (1933) is Rouben Mamoulian's MGM historical romance starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert, released February 1934, a pre-Code biopic of Sweden's queen with a fabricated Spanish love affair and noted queer subtext.
Queen Chrysalis
Queen Chrysalis is the shape-shifting queen of the changelings in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, main antagonist of the season two and six finales and the IDW comics' first arc, voiced by Kathleen Barr, finally turned to stone in season nine.
Queen consort
Queen consort: the wife of a reigning king, distinct from a queen regnant; she holds no constitutional power, supports the sovereign, and may become queen dowager or queen mother. Covers titles, coronation, dynastic marriage, and Camilla's 2023 case.
Queen discography
Queen discography: catalog of British rock band Queen, fifteen studio albums from Queen (1973) to Made in Heaven (1995), the Flash Gordon soundtrack, Greatest Hits (UK's best-selling album), and 2008's The Cosmos Rocks with Paul Rodgers.
Queen dowager
Queen dowager: the widow of a deceased king who was his queen consort; also called queen mother when mother of the reigning monarch. Holds the title without ruling power, but historically often served as regent in Europe and in imperial China and Korea.
Queen Dowager Xuan and Wei Ran's Regency
The regency of Queen Dowager Xuan and Wei Ran (宣太后与魏冉专政) was their rule over the Chinese state of Qin after King Wu died in 307 BC.
Queen Dugu (独孤皇后)
Queen Dugu (独孤皇后, also 凤凰于飞) is a 2019 Chinese historical romance drama starring Joe Chen and Chen Xiao as Dugu Jialuo and Yang Jian, founders of the Sui dynasty; 50 episodes, premiered 11 February 2019.
Queen Elizabeth (2023 film)
Queen Elizabeth (ക്വീൻ എലിസബത്ത്) is a 2023 Malayalam romantic comedy directed by M. Padmakumar, starring Meera Jasmine and Narain, released 29 December 2023 and streaming on ZEE5 from 14 February 2024.
Queen Elizabeth 2
Queen Elizabeth 2, known almost universally as the QE2, was a Cunard ocean liner that sailed from 1969 to 2008 and now serves as a floating hotel in Dubai.
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal: Canadian commemorative medal (2012) marking the 60th anniversary of Elizabeth II's accession as Queen of Canada; 60,000 awarded, 11,000 to Canadian Forces; administered by the Chancellery of Honours, Rideau Hall.
Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal
Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal: Canadian provincial commemorative medal (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, PEI, Saskatchewan, Alberta) marking the 70th anniversary of the 1952 accession; 32 mm silver design, authorized for wear by P.C. 2022-1192; distinct from the UK medal.
Queen Elizabeth Islands
Queen Elizabeth Islands: Canada's northernmost Arctic island group, north of Lancaster and Viscount Melville sounds, named for Elizabeth II in 1954; includes Ellesmere, Devon, Axel Heiberg, and Melville islands, 418,961 km2 total.
Queen Elizabeth National Park (Solomon Islands)
Queen Elizabeth National Park (Solomon Islands) is a defunct national park near Honiara, Guadalcanal, on Tandai land around Mount Austen. Established mid-1950s as a coronation tribute, reduced to 1,093 ha in 1973, now degraded and unmanaged.
Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) is a British international engineering prize, launched in 2011 as a biennial £1 million award and first awarded in 2013 to five internet pioneers.
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, born Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and known as the Queen Mum, was the wife of King George VI and mother of Queen Elizabeth II.
Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier
The Queen Elizabeth class comprises HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, the Royal Navy's two 65,000-tonne aircraft carriers, the largest warships built for Britain, operating the F-35B.
Queen Elizabeth-class battleship
The Queen Elizabeth class was a class of five fast battleships built for the Royal Navy, the first battleships to burn oil fuel and carry 15-inch guns.
Queen Fabiola Mountains
Queen Fabiola Mountains (Yamato Sanmyaku, やまと山脈), a 50 km chain of seven massifs in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica, discovered by Belgium's 1960 expedition and famed for the Yamato meteorite ice fields.
Queen for Seven Days (7일의 왕비)
Queen for Seven Days (7일의 왕비, Seven Day Queen) is a 2017 KBS2 Korean sageuk melodrama, 20 episodes, starring Park Min-young, Yeon Woo-jin, and Lee Dong-gun as Queen Dangyeong, Jungjong, and Yeonsangun.
Queen Forever
Queen Forever is a 2014 Queen compilation album of ballads and love songs, released 10 November on Virgin/Hollywood Records, featuring three unreleased Freddie Mercury tracks including the Michael Jackson duet There Must Be More to Life Than This.
Queen Idia
Queen Idia was the mother of Oba Esigie of the kingdom of Benin, in present-day Nigeria, and the first holder of the iyoba (queen mother) title.
Queen Idia ivory mask
The Queen Idia ivory mask, also called the Queen Mother pendant mask, is a sixteenth-century carved ivory pendant from Benin honoring Idia, mother of Oba Esigie.
Queen II
Queen II is Queen's second studio album, released 8 March 1974, recorded at Trident Studios with Roy Thomas Baker. Divided into Side White and Side Black, it peaked at UK No. 5, spawned the hit Seven Seas of Rhye, and is regarded as the band's heaviest album.
Queen in Black
Queen in Black: 2026 Marvel Comics crossover by Al Ewing and Iban Coello in which Hela steals Knull's power, Knull returns as a light-wielding King in White, and the finale crowns Sleeper the new King in Black.
Queen Inhyeon
Queen Inhyeon (인현왕후, 仁顯王后) was the queen consort of King Sukjong of Joseon, of the Yeoheung Min clan, deposed in 1689 and restored in 1694.
Queen Inmok
Queen Inmok (인목왕후, 1584–1632) was the second queen consort of King Seonjo of Joseon, deposed by her stepson Gwanghaegun in 1613 and restored by Injo in 1623.