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Citizens of a country which was a full part of the British Empire or Commonwealth when they received the honour (i.e. who were British subjects at the time), were substantive knights or dames, not honorary. The knighthood does not become honorary, and the person may choose to use his or her title(s), after their country becomes a republic.
English heraldry is the form of coats of arms and other heraldic bearings and insignia used in England.It lies within the so-called Gallo-British tradition.Coats of arms in England are regulated and granted to individuals by the English kings of arms of the College of Arms.
Robert Mugabe was stripped of his honorary GCB after calls from the Government to the Royal Family due to the crisis in Zimbabwe under his régime, including hyperinflation, and violence in the 2008 presidential elections. Lester Piggott, the high-profile jockey, had his OBE removed after being convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for tax ...
Foreign appointees, as honorary members, do not contribute to the numbers restricted to the order as full members do. Although the Order of the British Empire has by far the highest number of members of the British orders of chivalry, with more than 100,000 living members worldwide, there are fewer appointments to knighthoods than in other orders.
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a White swan (from the Bohun swan, from the de Bohun family of Mary de Bohun; Henry IV's first wife) an Antelope Argent (also from the De Bohun family) King Henry V (1413–1422) an Ostrich feather Argent; an Ostrich feather erect Argent with a small scroll across the lower part of the quill inscribed "Ich dien" an Antelope, chained; a Swan ...
Sharon Stone "feels particularly good" after finding out that she has royal blood in her veins.. The actress recently appeared on the TV series Finding Your Roots, which looks at the ancestry of ...
Crest On a wreath Ermine and Sable a demi-lion Or grasping with the dexter claw a wreath of laurel Vert. Escutcheon Ermine a lion rampant Sable and a canton Sable. Supporters On either side a lion regardant Sable crowned with an ancient crown Or and charged on the shoulder with two swords in saltire point upwards Gold. Motto