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A Family Crest

Right now, beside my chair is my family’s crest.  As I am a fan of heraldry [1], and my family’s history, it is perhaps unsurprising that I have a family crest.  What is more surprising, perhaps, is that there are … Continue reading

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Dieu Et Mon Droit: An Examination of English Heraldry

Last week it was announced that the second in line to the English Succession, Prince William, was engaged to a beautiful and elegant English commoner named Kate Middleton, whose parents are entrepreneurs but who studied Art History at St. Andrews … Continue reading

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