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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1678868, member: 39&quot;]What is depicted on those royal arms usually has something to do with the territories where the king or queen &quot;rules&quot; ... and sometimes symbolizes where s/he could rule due to succession rules. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> For example, England and then the UK had the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom#After_the_Acts_of_Union_1707" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom#After_the_Acts_of_Union_1707" rel="nofollow">French lilies</a> (fleurs-de-lis) until 1800, in the sense of &quot;one never knows, I could be king of France one day&quot;. Similarly, the references to Hannover were removed from the British CoA in 1837 but the references to the UK stayed on the Hanoverian CoA for another 30 years or so ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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