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25. Maybe you're right

Reply to Silver Gaia (Reply #21)

Fri May 25, 2018, 04:18 PM

May 2018

I was just expressing a bit of my twisted humor. I did include that disclaimer.

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A songbird and sunshine: Meghan Markle's coat of arms unveiled [View all] demmiblue May 2018 OP

I yawned at this. Goodheart May 2018 #1

Oh. n/t demmiblue May 2018 #2

I apologize. Goodheart May 2018 #4

You should post it. n/t demmiblue May 2018 #6

I'm not falling for that! LOL Goodheart May 2018 #7

I had no ill intentions. demmiblue May 2018 #8

Here's one I prepared earlier canetoad May 2018 #29

True story. I was admiring "Guernica" in the Museum of Modern Art ... kwassa May 2018 #40

I saw it there too. Breathtaking, and it took a long time to take it all in. brush May 2018 #45

Yep, heard that before canetoad May 2018 #50

Well, I love it. Goodheart May 2018 #61

Interesting. Though I am not sure I like the crown around the songbird's neck lol. Tipperary May 2018 #3

That's because the crown chokes the songbird. Dave Starsky May 2018 #12

Crown around the bird's neck CharleyDog May 2018 #15

Welcome to DU, CharleyDog! calimary May 2018 #19

And a unicorn! catrose May 2018 #24

It probably indicates that she doesn't have a title in her family lunatica May 2018 #28

It's a coronet sarge43 May 2018 #30

Correct! canetoad May 2018 #58

This message was self-deleted by its author hedda_foil May 2018 #60

The lion has something on his neck too. Plus a crown. It does Luz May 2018 #36

It could be to show she isn't from a titled family lunatica May 2018 #27

Exactly. I'm a medievalist and the visual complexity of symbols like this during that period is just anneboleyn May 2018 #38

Out of curiosity can you tell me if lunatica May 2018 #41

Here's an article comparing Catherine's and Meghan's. tammywammy May 2018 #54

Thanks! lunatica May 2018 #56

I saw it as restraint, or deference to the Crown. KY_EnviroGuy May 2018 #34

House Arryn & House Lannister??? n/t Yavin4 May 2018 #5

or Baelish? eShirl May 2018 #10

No more Baelish (show anyway -- who knows if George ever finishes another book) anneboleyn May 2018 #13

He won't ever finish the books. Yavin4 May 2018 #53

Well, I love it. I study medieval literature so I have always loved the pageantry of coats of arms anneboleyn May 2018 #9

I love all it represents, from traditional to the inclusion of the personal in Markel herself. Wwcd May 2018 #11

That California touch is REALLY nice! calimary May 2018 #20

Heraldry has been called the short hand of history sarge43 May 2018 #31

I'm not against royalty in any way lunatica May 2018 #14

Not that I would know, but I've heard that "royals" have known a bit of debauchery in their lives... erronis May 2018 #16

Yeah, but would they grace the front page of rags and lunatica May 2018 #18

I don't think she is sacrificing anything. Silver Gaia May 2018 #21

Maybe you're right lunatica May 2018 #25

I love it, too! Silver Gaia May 2018 #17

This is really quite charming. Meghan & Harry's wedding has been the one bright spot... Hekate May 2018 #22

Yes. murielm99 May 2018 #37

next she can get a star named after her, registered in the copyright office in msongs May 2018 #23

I see what you did there... GulfCoast66 May 2018 #39

I'm trying to research the bird's crown, but the best I can come up with so far is "dignity" Hekate May 2018 #26

I believe the crown at the neck is a very direct symbol. Lucinda May 2018 #33

Thank you! That makes a lot of sense. nt Hekate May 2018 #42

Good points! Yes, that makes sense. Thank you. Silver Gaia May 2018 #47

The crown at the neck is in all these royal coat of arms tammywammy May 2018 #55

Very nice, I love the references to the Golden State California. appalachiablue May 2018 #32

Me too Raine May 2018 #44

I'm not a native Californian, but I am a Californian by choice. Silver Gaia May 2018 #48

It's so appropriate now with The Golden State in A Golden Age, truly! appalachiablue May 2018 #49

I mentioned in post 33 what I think the crown at the neck means, and I LOVE the wintersweet Lucinda May 2018 #35

Despite my ambivalence to the Royals and all that implies, BobTheSubgenius May 2018 #43

Very cool, beautiful and unlike Raine May 2018 #46

Coat of Arms of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, wife of Charles, Prince of Wales :) Donkees May 2018 #51

Interesting ... very fierce Raine May 2018 #52

The blue boar is taken from her father's coat of arms. n/t tammywammy May 2018 #57

Thanks for that info Raine May 2018 #59