(in the UK) a female attendant to the queen or queen mother, ranking in the royal household above woman of the bedchamber.
（英国）女王侍臣，女王（母后）内侍
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In 1563 Charles Howard married a daughter of Lord Hunsdon, cousin and confidant to Queen Elizabeth: his wife was a lady of the bedchamber for many years.
By the time Queen Victoria came to the throne, the Crown's power had declined so much that the Queen found that she couldn't even choose her own ladies of the bedchamber.
It was Anne's involvement with Sarah Jennings Churchill, childhood companion and lady of the bedchamber, that had most impact upon her.
It is interesting that the Duchess of Somerset is not one of their number, despite being a lady of the bedchamber, but of course she was not a beauty.