There is her wifely strength, like the Queen Mother, and as a Queen Consort she does not try to steal the limelight from her husband.

CNN: Opinion: Author's rant on Catherine 'mean and cheap'

The wife of a British King is automatically his Queen Consort - as, incidentally, Prince Charles is only too well aware, despite Clarence House's attempts to suggest that Camilla will merely be "Princess Consort".

BBC: Philip the record-setting consort

The Queen's Consort, Prince Claus, suffered from depression and died in 2002, at the age of 74.

BBC: The Netherlands' love and respect for Beatrix