Believe it or not, it has not even been a full week since the new Duchess of Sussex was married to Prince Harry. Since then, the official portraits from her wedding have been released. Meghan has made her first official appearance as a member of the royal family, attending Prince Charles’s 70th birthday party. She has been given an aide to help train her in all things royal. And now she has been given her official royal coat of arms.
The design, announced by the Palace Friday morning, was approved by the Queen, as well as Thomas Woodcock, who is Garter King of Arms and senior herald and based at the College of Arms in London. Meghan, whom we know to have an interest in and flair for design (she used to be a calligrapher!), is said to have “worked closely” with the College of Arms throughout the process to create something “personal and representative.”
Meghan’s Coat of Arms features a songbird symbolising the “power of communication” and it has been joined with Prince Harry‘s royal lion Coat of Arms.
The Arms features represent her home state of California as well as her new life as a member of the Royal Family.
The blue background of the shield represents the Pacific Ocean while two golden rays symbolise the famous Californian sunshine.
Beneath the shield on the grass also sits a collection of golden poppies which are California’s state flower and wintersweet, which grows at Kensington Palace.
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