What is Princess of Wales?
[[File:Catherine, Princess of Wales in 2022 (cropped).jpg|220px|thumb|[[Catherine, Princess of Wales]]|right]] '''Princess of Wales''' ({{lang-cy|Tywysoges Cymru}}) is a [[Titles of European royal heirs|royal title]] used in the [[United Kingdom]]. It is held by the wife of the [[Prince of Wales]]. It has been used since the first [[Kingdom of England|English]] Prince of Wales, in 1283. The current Princess of Wales is [[Catherine, Princess of Wales|Catherine]], the wife of [[William, Prince of Wales]]. There have been only ten Princesses of Wales, even though there have been a lot more than ten male [[Heir apparent|heirs to the throne]]. The majority of Princes of Wales married after acceding to the throne as King. A number of other Princes of Wales died too young to marry. Until 2022, the second wife of the [[King Charles III|past Prince of Wales]], [[Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall]], was the Princess of Wales, but did not use the title, out of respect for her husband's first wife, the late [[Diana, Princess of Wales]]. The princess is usually entitled to the [[Style (address)|style]] of [[Her Highness]]. ==References== *''Princesses of Wales'' by Deborah Fisher. University of Wales Press, 2005. * 'Tystiolaeth Garth Celyn' Y Traethodydd 1998, {{ISSN|0969-8930}} ==More reading== *{{cite book |first=M. |last=Fryer |others= Mary Beacock Fryer, Arthur Bousfield, Garry Toffoli |title= Lives of the Princesses of Wales |url=https://archive.org/details/livesofprincesse0000mfry |publisher=Dundern Press Limited |location= Toronto |year=1983 |isbn=978-0-919670-69-3}} {{Princesses of Wales}} {{British royal titles}} [[Category:Princes and Princesses of Wales| ]] {{UK-stub}} {{authority control}}