Bishop David Toups was on a plane to Florida, returning from his introduction to members of the Diocese of Beaumont as its sixth bishop, when he began sketching out the idea for his personal coat of ...

The Prince of Wales has been the traditional title for the male heir to the throne since around 1301, and William's wife Kate ...

Princess Kate and Prince William quietly gave their Royal Coat of Arms a subtle makeover this week, making its first public debut at Wednesday’s Royal Variety Performance. The ...

Before the name of your tailor, the make and model of your car, or the size of your superyacht mattered, and before logo-laden handbags or even old school ties, the status symbol for the seriously ...

Princess Kate and Prince William quietly revealed they updated their Royal Coat of Arms this week. A significant heraldic ...

This week, in a move so low-key and understated it bordered on stealthy, Prince William and Kate Middleton debuted a change to one of their official royal symbols. In the event brochure for the Royal ...

Whether you blame it on participation trophies, a rotten economy, or Sir John Vanbrugh’s disastrous tenure as the College of Arms’ Clarenceux King of Arms from 1704 to 1725, the facts are indisputable ...

A chatty coat of arms? According to the French, it is. Known as arms parlant or ‘canting’ arms, these shorthand emblems of identification play a visual pun on the family surname. It is up to the ...

(CBS/AP) Kate Middleton has a new coat to show off - but it's not a stylish trench or a warm peacoat. It's the princess-to-be's new coat of arms, which was unveiled Tuesday. The coat of arms displays ...

Now ubiquitous in public life, heraldry was born out of necessity. Today, it is still everywhere, from the coats of arms of town councils to the shields on school blazers and even in private exchanges ...