all british queens consort in the 20th century, alexandra of denmark, mary of teck and elizabeth bowes-lyon, wore their own specially made consort crowns, made in 1902, 1911 and 1937 respectively; (each went on to outlive her respective husband but, as a dowager, retained the title, crown and other privileges of a queen until death). previous english and british queens consort had used the crown of mary of modena, wife of king james ii, until adelaide of saxe-meiningen, the consort of king william iv, who had a special new consort crown created for her.