<P> The ladies - in waiting have historically been chosen by the Queen herself from among the Catholic noble houses of Belgium . The chief functions at court were undertaken by members of the higher nobility, involving much contact with the royal ladies . Belgian princesses were assigned a lady upon their 18th birthday . Princess Clementine was given a Dame by her father, a symbolic act of adulthood . When the Queen entertains, the ladies welcome guests and assist the hostess in sustaining conversation . </P> <P> In the current Royal Household of the United Kingdom, a Lady - in - Waiting is a woman attending a female member of the Royal Family . A woman attending on a Queen Regnant or Queen Consort is often (informally) known by the same title, but is more formally styled either: Woman of the Bedchamber, Lady of the Bedchamber or Mistress of the Robes, depending on which of these offices she holds . The Women are in regular attendance, but the Mistress of the Robes and the Ladies of the Bedchamber are normally required only for ceremonial occasions . The phrase Lady - in - Waiting to The Queen has, however, been used in formal documents to denote which of the Women is actually "on duty" at any one time . </P> <P> As of 2016, the Senior Lady - in - Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II is Mistress of the Robes, Fortune FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton . The other Ladies - in - Waiting are Virginia Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie; Diana, Lady Farnham; The Hon Mary Anne Morrison; The Lady Susan Hussey; The Lady Elton; The Hon Mrs Whitehead, (daughter of Frederick Millar, 1st Baron Inchyra); Jennifer Gibbs (Mrs Michael Gordon Lennox) and Philippa de Pass, wife of Lieutenant Commander Robert de Pass . </P> <P> In Cambodia, the term "ladies - in - waiting" refers to high ranking female servants who served food and drink, fanned and massaged, and sometimes provided sexual services to the King . Conventionally, these women could work their way up from maids to ladies - in - waiting, concubines, or even queen consort . Srey Snom (Khmer: ស្រី ស្នំ) is the Cambodian term for the Khmer "lady - in - waiting". </P>

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