Princess of Wales

Princess of Wales
Tywysoges Cymru (Welsh)
Incumbent Catherine since 9 September 2022
Style	Her Royal Highness
Member of	British royal family

Princess of Wales (Welsh: Tywysoges Cymru) is a title used since the 14th century by the wife of the Prince of Wales. The princess is a likely future queen consort, as Prince of Wales is a title reserved by custom for the heir apparent to the British throne, and earlier the English throne. When the title was first recorded it was not connected to the English throne; it developed in an independent Wales when it was held by Eleanor de Montfort, the wife of the native prince of Wales Llywelyn ap Gruffydd. As of 2024^[update] Catherine, née Middleton, is Princess of Wales.