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New Crown

I see the F-117 stealth fighters on the fur brim are pointing to the ‘Left’…clearly stealth messaging from the Government that ‘Left is Best.’ 😉

Except that in heraldry, dexter (right) and sinister (left) are determined, not from the point of view of the onlooker, but from that of the bearer.

And while some may take exception with a "Canadian Crown", the depiction of the miniver (fur trim to the cap) more closely replicates that of the Royal Crown as described in the 1909 Complete Guide to Heraldry than in some of the more modern depictions.


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Except that in heraldry, dexter (right) and sinister (left) are determined, not from the point of view of the onlooker, but from that of the bearer.

And while some may take exception with a "Canadian Crown", the depiction of the miniver (fur trim to the cap) more closely replicates that of the Royal Crown as described in the 1909 Complete Guide to Heraldry than in some of the more modern depictions.


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Roger, so the Government inadvertently gives a nod to Conservatives. Cool! 👍🏼
 
So…what was the point of this exercise?

You must ahve heard of public office holders that wear "many hats" when they fulfill mutiple functions under different enabling statutes. They can make a decision wearing one hat, then turn and make the concurrent decison related to an issue required when wearing a different hat.

The Crown is like that. While it is vested in the same person (Charles III curently), the King of England and the United Kingdom is not the King of Canada or Australia, who are in law separate rulers of Canada and Australia respectively (taking only those two countries as examples). When Charles acts on the advice of the UK PM and issues an edict, it can only be as King of England and the UK. It has no bearing nor is it binding on Canada or Australia. When he acts in Canada under the advice of our PM, he is acting as King of Canada and binds only us, etc. etc.

Therefore, it is perfectly appropriate from a heraldic point of view to have a Canadian crown for the King of Canada, to literally be used when he wears "that hat". One advantage is that if we start putting that crown in all Canadian heraldic symbols that use a crown (CWO, MWO and Chiefs beware), then we can dispense with the need to update/change when a new British monarch decides to use a different crown as King of England. Personnaly, I thought that going so far as actually fabricating such a crown is a little too far fetched, unless we plan on having our ruler use it for functions in Canada. Since we don't hold a separate coronation, I can't think of any circumstances where you would need such crown. After all, it's not like the GG could wear it. (Unless one day we decide to crown a King/Queen of our own ;))
 
To be honest, the pic shown here (assuming its the actual new Canuck crown) looks like some kind of Knock off of the Tudor crown. Why not just stick with the actual crown?
I get the wanting to be religious neutral but King Charles the 3rd is an anglican, hence it makes sense to keep the christian symbol on his crown.
 
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