Editing Princess of Wales (section)

== Spouse of the British (formerly English) heir apparent ==
[[Cecily Neville, Duchess of York|Cecily Neville]], wife of [[Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York]], is omitted from this list. While her husband was briefly given various titles, including Prince of Wales, by an [[Act of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Act of Parliament]] as part of his arrangement to succeed [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]], he is not generally recognised as such and is not mentioned in any published summary of the topic.

Although not granted the title in her own right, the future [[Mary I of England|Mary I]] was, during her youth, invested by her father, [[Henry VIII]], with many of the rights and properties traditionally given to the Prince of Wales, including the use of the official seal of Wales for correspondence. For most of her childhood, Mary was her father's only legitimate child, and for this reason, she was often referred to as the Prince(ss) of Wales, although Henry never formally created her as such. For example, contemporary scholar [[Juan Luis Vives]] dedicated his ''Satellitium Animi'' to "Dominæ Mariæ Cambriæ Principi, Henrici Octavi Angliæ Regis Filiæ" ("Lady Mary, Prince of Wales, Daughter of Henry VIII, King of England").<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vives |first=Juan Luis |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L64RAAAAYAAJ&pg=1 |title=Satellitium animi |date=1883 |publisher=Apud A. Pichleri viduam et filium |language=la |access-date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113214128/https://books.google.com/books?id=L64RAAAAYAAJ&pg=1 |archive-date=13 January 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Welsh politicians suggested that [[George VI]]'s elder daughter, [[Elizabeth II|Princess Elizabeth]] (later Queen Elizabeth II), be granted the title on her 18th birthday, but he rejected the idea because he felt such a title belonged solely to the wife of a Prince of Wales and the Prince of Wales had always been the title of the [[heir apparent]].<ref name=Pimlott>{{Cite book |last=Pimlott |first=Ben |title=The Queen: Elizabeth II and the monarchy |date=2001 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=0-00-711435-4 |edition=Golden Jubilee |location=London |oclc=59496079}}</ref>

[[Queen Camilla|Camilla]], [[Charles III]]'s second wife, was the Princess of Wales from 2005 to 2022, but did not use the title due to its popular association with her husband's first wife, [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Diana]]. Camilla chose to be known as "[[Duchess of Cornwall]]" instead, which is traditionally a subsidiary title.<ref name="parliament">{{Cite web |title=House of Commons – Royal Marriage |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmhansrd/vo050404/text/50404w42.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626234155/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmhansrd/vo050404/text/50404w42.htm |archive-date=26 June 2009 |access-date=7 February 2015 |publisher=parliament.uk}}</ref>

On 9 September 2022, a day after his accession to the throne, Charles III bestowed the title of "Prince of Wales" upon his elder son, [[William, Prince of Wales|William]], hence making his wife, [[Catherine, Princess of Wales|Catherine]], the Princess of Wales.<ref>{{Cite web |last=RegalFille |date=2022-09-09 |title=The New Prince and Princess of Wales |url=https://www.regalfille.com/2022/09/the-new-Prince-and-Princess-of-wales |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=RegalFille |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== List ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Image
! width=200|Previous name
!Coat of Arms
! Birth
! Marriage
! width="100px" | Became Princess of Wales
! width="150px" | Spouse
! width="150px" | Change in style
! Death
! Notes

|-
| [[File:Joan of Kent.jpg|100px]]
| [[Joan of Kent|'''Joan''' of Kent]]
|
| 19 September 1328
| colspan=2 | 10 October 1361
| [[Edward of Woodstock]]
| 7 June 1376<br/>''Husband's death;<br/>became [[Dowager]] Princess of Wales''
| 7 August 1385
| &nbsp;

|-
| [[File:Anne Neville portrait.jpg|100px]]
| [[Anne Neville|'''Anne''' Neville]]
|
| 11 June 1456
| colspan=2 | 13 December 1470
| [[Edward of Westminster]]
| 4 May 1471<br/>''Husband's death;<br/>became Dowager Princess of Wales''
| 16 March 1485
| ''Later became [[List of English royal consorts|queen consort]] as the wife of [[Richard III]]''

|-
| [[File:Catalina de Aragón, por un artista anónimo.jpg|100px]]
| [[Catherine of Aragon|'''Catherine''' of Aragon]]
|
| 16 December 1485
| colspan=2 | {{Small|19 May 1499 (by proxy)}}<br/> 14 November 1501
| [[Arthur Tudor]]
| 2 April 1502<br/>''Husband's death;<br/>became Dowager Princess of Wales''<ref>Courtney Herber, 'Katherine of Aragon: Diligent Diplomat and Learned Queen', Aidan Norrie, ''Tudor and Stuart Consorts: Power, Influence, and Dynasty'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022), p. 58.</ref>
| 7 January 1536
| ''Later became queen consort as the wife of&nbsp;[[Henry VIII]]''

|-
| [[File:Caroline Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Ansbach by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.jpg|100px]]
| [[Caroline of Ansbach|Wilhelmina Charlotte '''Caroline''' of Brandenburg-Ansbach]]
|
| 1 March 1683
| 22 August 1705
| 27 September 1714<ref>e.g. copies of [[London Gazette]], 1714–1727.</ref>
| [[George II of Great Britain|George Augustus]]
| 11 June 1727<br/>''Husband acceded to throne as '''George II''';<br/>became [[List of British royal consorts|queen consort]]''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Arkell |first=R. L. |title=Caroline of Ansbach |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1939 |location=London |page=160}}</ref>
| 20 November 1737
| &nbsp;

|-
| [[File:Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales by Charles Philips.jpg|100px]]
| [[Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg|'''Augusta''' of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]]
|[[File:Coat of Arms of Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Princess of Wales.svg|frameless|76x76px]]
| 30 November 1719
| colspan=2 | 17 April 1736<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=7984 |date=27 January 1740 |page=1}}</ref>
| [[Frederick, Prince of Wales|Frederick Louis]]
| 31 March 1751<br/>''Husband's death;<br/>became Dowager Princess of Wales''
| 8 February 1772
| &nbsp;

|-
| [[File:Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.jpg|100px]]
| [[Caroline of Brunswick|'''Caroline''' Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]
|
| 17 May 1768
| colspan=2 | 8 April 1795<ref>Robins, Jane (2006). ''Rebel Queen: The Trial of Queen Caroline''. Simon & Schuster. p. 80. {{ISBN|978-0-74324-862-4}}</ref>
| [[George IV|George Augustus Frederick]]
| 29 January 1820<br/>''Husband acceded to throne as '''George IV''';<br/>became queen consort''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=17683 |date=24 February 1821 |page=467}}</ref>
| 7 August 1821
| &nbsp;

|-
| [[File:Queen Alexandra, the Princess of Wales.jpg|100px]]
| [[Alexandra of Denmark|'''Alexandra''' Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia of Denmark]]
|[[File:Coat of Arms of Alexandra of Denmark as Princess of Wales.svg|frameless|76x76px]]
| 1 December 1844
| colspan=2 | 10 March 1863<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=7310|page=357|date=17 March 1863|city=e}}</ref>
| [[Edward VII|Albert Edward]]
| 22 January 1901<br/>''Husband acceded to throne as '''Edward VII''';<br/>became queen consort''<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27284 |date=12 February 1901 |page=1139 |supp=y}}</ref>
| 20 November 1925
| &nbsp;

|-
| [[File:Mary, Princess of Wales, 1905.jpg|100px]]
| [[Mary of Teck|Victoria '''Mary''' Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of Teck]]
|[[File:Coat of Arms of Mary of Teck as Princess of Wales.svg|frameless|76x76px]]
| 26 May 1867
| 6 July 1893
| 9 November 1901<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27382|page=8559|date=3 December 1901}}</ref>
| [[George V|George Frederick Ernest Albert]]
| 6 May 1910<br/>''Husband acceded to throne as '''George V''';<br/>became queen consort''<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28401|page=5485|date=26 July 1910|supp=1}}</ref>
| 24 March 1953
| &nbsp;

|-
| [[File:Princess Diana 1985.jpg|100px]]
| [[Diana, Princess of Wales|'''Diana''' Frances Spencer]]
|[[File:Coat of Arms of Diana, Princess of Wales (1981-1996).svg|frameless|76x76px]]
| 1 July 1961
| colspan=2 | 29 July 1981<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/diana/stories/glamor0901.htm|title= International Special Report: Princess Diana, 1961–1997|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=30 January 1999|access-date=13 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000819020342/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/diana/stories/glamor0901.htm|archive-date=19 August 2000|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
| rowspan=2 | [[Charles III|Charles Philip Arthur George]]
| 28 August 1996<br/>''Divorced;<br/>assumed the style of Diana, Princess of Wales''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/diana-princess-wales|title=Diana, Princess of Wales|work=The Royal Family|access-date=21 April 2023}}</ref>
| 31 August 1997
| &nbsp;

|-
| [[File:CHOGM Commonwealth Big Lunch on April 17, 2018 - 007 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[Queen Camilla|'''Camilla''' Rosemary Shand]]
|[[File:Coat of Arms of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.svg|frameless|76x76px]]
| 17 July 1947
| colspan=2 | 9 April 2005<ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=United Kingdom |title=Royal Marriage |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmhansrd/vo050404/text/50404w42.htm#column_1228 |house=House of Commons |date=4 April 2005 |column=1228W |speaker=Chris Leslie |position=Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs }} {{Cite web |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmhansrd/vo050404/text/50404w42.htm |title=House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 4 Apr 2005 (Pt 42) |access-date=8 September 2017 |archive-date=26 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626234155/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmhansrd/vo050404/text/50404w42.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=13 November 2018 |title=The Royal Title that Camilla and Princess Diana Shared |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com.au/culture/princess-diana-camilla-title-17673 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103004958/https://www.harpersbazaar.com.au/culture/princess-diana-camilla-title-17673 |archive-date=3 January 2019 |access-date=2 January 2019 |magazine=Harper's Bazaar |quote=When she married Prince Charles, "Camilla was not popular or well liked, [though] this has changed a lot since the marriage as Camilla has taken on a lot of patronages and Charles is a lot happier," [Marlene] Koenig says. "Still, [there was] a lot of tension and anger among a certain element of the population—so it was decided that Camilla would be styled as the Duchess of Cornwall, even though, of course, she is the Princess of Wales."}}</ref>
| 8 September 2022<br/>''Husband acceded to throne as '''Charles III''';<br/>became queen consort''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/news/camilla-just-queen-following-coronation-royal-family-shelves-consort-title-rebrand-2324350|title=Camilla is now just 'the Queen' following coronation as Royal Family shelves consort title in rebrand|work=inews.co.uk|first=Steve|last=Robson|date=7 May 2023|accessdate=23 May 2023|archive-date=4 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604043302/https://inews.co.uk/news/camilla-just-queen-following-coronation-royal-family-shelves-consort-title-rebrand-2324350|url-status=live}}</ref>
| living
| ''Known as [[Duchess of Cornwall]] during her tenure''
|-
| [[File:Princess of Wales in 2023 (cropped)03.JPG|100px]]
| [[Catherine, Princess of Wales|'''Catherine''' Elizabeth Middleton]]
|[[File:Coat of arms of Catherine, Princess of Wales.svg|frameless|76x76px]]
| 9 January 1982
| 29 April 2011
| 9 September 2022<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 September 2022 |title=King Charles III pays tribute to his 'darling mama' in first address |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-62842089/page/7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912173911/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-62842089/page/7 |archive-date=12 September 2022 |access-date=11 September 2022 |website=BBC.com}}</ref>
| [[William, Prince of Wales|William Arthur Philip Louis]]
| ''Incumbent''
| living
| &nbsp;
|}