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[Elspeth de Forbeys]

PRINCE WILLIAM'S COAT OF ARMS. For his 18th birthday,
Prince 
William received from his grandmother a new coat of
arms. His
mother, the late Princess Diana, is commemorated by
the 
inclusion of a red scallop shell from her arms four
times on 
his. See story and official photo at
http://www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-01/william1.html

One of the British newspapers reported that the
escallop was especially suitable for William, not only
because it was featured on the Spencer arms, but
because it signified a second son and, moreover, that
William was second in line to the Throne. This was an
extraordinary error. The cadency symbol for a second
son is, as it has been since the beginning of
heraldry, a crescent. The escallop is not a cadency symbol.

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yours in service,
Lady Elspeth de Forbeys
motto:
Aurum peccamenes multifariam texi

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