[ANSTHRLD] Court heraldry question.

[Donnchadh Beag mac Griogair]

Tim McDaniel wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jun 2009, Kevinkeary at aol.com wrote:
>> In a message dated 6/29/2009 5:51:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
>> alden_drake at sbcglobal.net writes:
>> > The sequence I learned, which I think makes pretty good sense, is
>> > the first one you list.  When I was a baronial herald, I was
>> > taught it this way:
>> >
>> > First, the Royal Herald opens the Crown's Court.  ...
>> > Fifth, the Royal Court is closed ...
>>
>> What if the crown is present only in the person of their baron and
>> baroness?
>
> Then the crown is actually not present and there's no royal court.
>
> I'm actually not remembering recent baronial courts without royalty
> (I Don't Get Out Much): do baronial heralds usually do the "vivat rex,
> vivat regina, vivat Ansteorra" business too?
>
> Denyel Lincoln
Yes,

It's still the Crown's court in the presence of Their Excellencies 
whenever Kingdom level awards are being given out.

Donnchadh