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Royal Standard - Other members of the Royal Family

Variants of the Royal Standard are used for other members of the British Royal Family.

Royal Standard - Prince of Wales

The Prince of Wales has separate standards: one used in England (and Northern Ireland), one in Scotland, and one in Wales.

Royal Standard - Princes and Princesses of the Blood Royal

Other members of the Royal Family have personal standards of their own. These are variants of the Royal Standard, with the bearing of a white label and either three points or pendants (for children of a sovereign), or five points (grandchildren of a sovereign). Traditionally all Princes and Princesses of the Blood Royal (ie descendants of the Sovereign) are granted arms on their 18th birthday, thus giving them a banner to fly from their residences.

The following members of the Royal Family have personal standards

• HRH The Duke of York: the middle point bears a blue anchor, while the first and last points are blank.
• HRH The Earl of Wessex: the middle point bears a red rose, while the first and last points are blank.
• HRH The Princess Royal: the first and last point each bear a red cross. The middle point bears a red heart.
• HRH Prince William of Wales: unlike other grandchildren of the Sovereign, Prince William uses a label with three points. The middle point bears a red shell, while the first and last points are blank.
• HRH Prince Harry: the first, middle, and last points each bear a red shell, while the second and fourth points are blank.
• HRH The Duke of Gloucester: white label with five points, three with St George's Cross, two with red Lion passant guardant.
• HRH The Duke of Kent: white label with five points, three with blue Anchor, two with St George's Cross.
• HRH Prince Michael of Kent: white label with five points, three with St George's Cross, two with blue Anchor.
• HRH Princess Alexandra: white label with five points, two with hearts, two with anchors, one with St George's Cross.

Royal Standard - Consorts of the British monarch

Queen consorts of the British monarch are granted arms based on the Royal Standard and the arms of their father. Thus their standard consists of the Royal Standard impaled with their paternal arms. The example of the late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother shows the Royal Standard impaled with the arms of her paternal family, the Earl of Strathmore. Queen Mary's standard was the Royal Standard impaled with the arms of her father, Francis, Duke of Teck and the Hanoverian Coat of Arms as used by her grandfather, the Duke of Cambridge. Queen Alexandra's standard was the Royal Standard impaled with the Royal Arms of Denmark. In Scotland, a Queen consort will use the Scottish version of the Royal Standard. They do not have different standards for the Commonwealth realms that have their own Royal Standards.

Consorts of a Queen regnant are not granted use of the Royal Standard. They will use Standards based on their own family arms. HRH The Duke of Edinburgh has his a standard based on his Greek and Danish roots. The flag is divided into four quadrants. The first quadrant, representing Denmark, consists of three blue lions passant and nine red hearts on a yellow field. The second quadrant, representing Greece, consists of a white cross on a blue field. The third quadrant, representing the Duke's surname, Mountbatten, contains five black and white vertical stripes. The fourth quadrant, alludes to his title as Duke of Edinburgh, and includes a black and red castle which is also part of the city of Edinburgh's arms.

Royal Standard - Other members of the Royal Family

Other members of the Royal Family may use the Royal Standard of England, but within an ermine border, i.e. a white border with black spots representing the ermine fur. This standard is mainly used for the wives of British princes, or members of the Royal Family who have not yet been granted their own arms. Diana, Princess of Wales and more recently, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester had this standard draped over their coffins at their funerals.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Other members of the Royal Family", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki