Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Mataimakin sarauta shine matar sarki ko sarauniya mai mulki. Ma'aurata na sarakuna a Burtaniya da magabata ba su da matsayi na tsarin mulki ko iko amma da yawa suna da tasiri sosai. Yarima Philip shi ne ya fi dadewa a kan mulki kuma ya fi kowa tsufa. Mahaifiyar surukinsa, Sarauniya Elizabeth Uwar Sarauniya, wacce ta mutu tana da shekaru 101, ta rayu fiye da duk wani masarautar masarauta amma a lokacin mutuwarta ba ta riƙe matsayin sarauniya ba, kamar yadda mijinta Sarki George VI ya mutu shekaru 50 kafin ta. Tun bayan rasuwar Yarima Philip
, wannan mukamin babu shi. Camilla, Duchess na Cornwall, ana sa ran ya zama na gaba sarauta consort a kan accession na Charles, Prince of Wales, a matsayin sarki.