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![[Other members of Royal Family]](../images/g/gb_royot.gif)
Members of the royal family without their own specific standards use the
royal standard with a bordure of ermine. This was for instance used by
the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
Marcus Schmöger, 12 November 2001
Below is a list of standards of members of the royal family, as described in Neubecker (1939, reprinted 1992), provided by Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 April 2002.
A list of standards of members of the British Royal Family that are a version of, or include, the Royal Standard compiled by David Prothero, 23 September 2002, unless otherwise indicated.
![[Prince Albert]](../images/g/gb_pralb.jpg)
from Le Gras (1858)
![[Prince of Wales]](../images/g/gb_prwal.jpg)
from Le Gras (1858)
by 1907 - 1910. Shield of Arms of Saxony in centre of Royal Standard, White
label with three points, all blank.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 April 2002
![[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]](../images/g/gb_conn.jpg)
from
The
Mystic Seaport Foundation
Same, without shield of Saxony. During WWI, the Saxon shield was removed.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 April 2002
The inescutcheon of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is on the standard of the Prince of
Wales in the 1905 Flaggenbuch. According to my
notes the same inescutcheon is on the standard shown in the
1907 Admiralty Flag Book. There was no edition
in 1910, but in the 1915 edition the inescutcheon of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha had been
replaced by the shield from the Welsh arms. It seems that this happened when
George V granted arms to Edward (VIII) Prince of Wales in about 1910, but the
inescutcheon of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha continued on the standards of the Duke of
Connaught and 'Other Members of the Royal Family' until 1917 when the family
name was changed to Windsor.
David Prothero, 12 February 2005
without shield of Saxony.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 April 2002
Royal Standard and Personal Standard Impaled. [Royal Standard in hoist]
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 April 2002
![[Queen Alexandra, 1907-1925]](../images/g/gb_qalex.jpg)
Source: A photograph of Queen Alexandra's standard, that had been carried to the Antarctic by Shackleton, was posted by the BBC in September 2002, when it was being auctioned off.
The arms consist of three shields placed on top of each other:
Bottom shield: Quartered by the Cross of Dannebrog 1 Denmark, 2 Schleswig, 3 per fess, in chief Sweden, in base gules, a
stock fish argent, crowned or (for Iceland), impaling azure, a buck passant
argent (for Faroe Islands), and azure, a polar bear rampant argent (for
Greenland), 4 per fess in chief Wends: Yellow wyvern on red, in base Goths: Blue
lion over nine red hearts on yellow.
Middle shield: Quartered: 1 Holstein: White nettle leaf on red, 2 Stormarn:
White swan on blue, 3 Dithmarschen: White mounted knight on red, 4 Lauenburg:
Yellow horse head on red.
Top shield: Per pale, Dexter Oldenburg, Sinister: Delmenhorst: Yellow cross on
blue.
David Prothero, 27 April 2002
![[Other Members. 1907 - 1917]](../images/g/gb_royots.jpg)
from
The
Mystic Seaport Foundation
![[Queen Mary, Princess of Teck]](../images/g/gb_mtec.jpg)
from
The
Mystic Seaport Foundation
Impaled the Royal standard with her family standard. As she is the daughter of Mary Adelaidee, who is the daughter of Adulpus of Cambridge Hanover, son of King George II, the Royal Arms appear as part of that family's half as well, be it with a heart-shield for Hanover, and with a label with three pendants, with two hearts, twice, and a St. George cross. They are quartered with the arms of her father Francis Duke of Teck, I assume, who is a son of Duke Alexander of Wurtemberg: Impaled yellow three antlers and yellow 3 black lions passant langued and armed red, with a heart shield of yellow and black lozenges. The shield itself is Wurtemberg, but what is the heart-shield? All I know is that it looks like the flag of Munich.
I guess this suggests that the Royal Standard for England for the house of Hanover, differenced with a white label with three pendants, with two
hearts, twice, and a St. George cross, was the standard of Adulpus of Cambrige Hanover, if he had one.
All tressures have 8 fleur-de-lys.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 April 2002
The 1910-1953 standard of Queen Mary (Queen Mother 1936-1953) is shown in Flaggenbuch
1939 as the royal standard at the hoist with the arms of the Dukes of Teck
on the fly.
David Prothero, 27 April 2002
The black lions have the forepaws 'fleshed' or 'flayed', a Württemberg method of differencing applied to the supporters of the Duke of Teck's arms (Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry, 1978 reprint of 1909 ed., Bonanza Books, New York, p. 187).
The shield with the black and yellow lozenges represents Teck.
Jan Mertens, 22 January 2005
See also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:QM_standard.gif for a more detailed
image, incorrectly sourced to FOTW. Note that this image shows the
escutcheons in the Duke of Teck's standard as black and white (not yellow).
Santiago Dotor, 3 November 2005
Royal Standard; white label with three points, all with blue anchor.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 April 2002
I seem to recall a photo of the Duke of Windsor's flag (crown on white label
for difference) laid on his coffin.
Jan Mertens, 3 November 2005
The Royal Standard of HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh (i.e., the Queen after
marrying Prince Philip and before she became Queen). This is shown in the
records of the College of Arms, and was used I believe on a visit to Canada. It
is unusual (in Royal Standard terms) in that the Duke of Edinburgh’s arms are at
the hoist, and the Royal Arms, differenced with Princess Elizabeth’s label, are
in the fly.
Graham Bartram, 24 September 2002
The Royal Standard for England differenced with a white label with three pendants, with St. George crosses and a red lion.
I don't know whether Princes Alice Duchess of Gloucester, widow of Prince Henry has a standard, or whether their first son William did. (The pattern
suggests this would have been: The Royal Standard for England differenced with a white label with five pendants, with red lions and St. George
crosses.)
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 April 2002
The Royal Standard for England differenced with a white label with three pendants, with anchors, apparently black. However, since the blue in the
image is quite dark, and since we know only blue anchors are used, I assume they must be blue.
I expect his wife Marina had a standard, combining his standard with that of Greece, but I don't know the details.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 24 April 2002
A drawing in "Simple Heraldry
(subtitle Cheerfully Illustrated)" by Iain Moncreiffe and Don Pottinger (Thomas
Nelson and Sons) shows the derivation of the Duke of Edinburgh's coat of arms,
with it whimsically used as a longboat sail. The reference mentions instances
where the arms of places derive from people, and this is an instance of where
the arms of a place became part of a personal coat of arms - so you have
Edinburgh's arms showing a castle, and that same castle as the fourth quarter in
Philip's arms.
Mike Oettle, 25 September 2002
Presumably, following the grant of arms to Prince William and Prince Henry
("Harry") of Wales, they also have royal standards differenced with their labels
containing the red escallops from the Spencer arms.
Ralph Kelly, 24 September 2002
I'm inclined to think that the Princes have not yet been granted one. In the
1950 Book of Flags Campbell and Evans wrote, "On the centre point of the [Duke
of Windsor's] label is now an Imperial Crown in token of his former rank as King
Edward VIII; it appears on the Royal Arms, for he has not yet been granted a
flag." This is repeated in the 1969 edition, only three years before he died. It
suggests that standards are not granted automatically with arms, and I have seen
no mention of a standard for either Prince.
David Prothero, 24 September 2002
I think William and Harry will officially get flags when they start
undertaking Royal duties, although technically Harry already has. I believe you
are right that the grant of a differenced Royal Arms does not automatically give
the bearer the right to the same as a banner (as it would for non-Royal Arms),
and that a separate warrant is required from the monarch. I remember discussing
this Royal peculiarity with the heralds a couple of years ago. As far as I know,
the design of the flag never varies from the arms, so we know what William and
Harry’s flags will look like, even if they are not meant to use them yet.
Graham Bartram, 24 September 2002
See our pages on Prince William and Prince Henry
