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16 April 2021

Here's What The Flag Over Prince Philip's Coffin Really Means

This video is an explanation of the flag to be draped over his coffin. It is, of course, his personal standard, based on his Arms, the blazon of which is:

Crest
A plume of ostrich feathers alternately sable and argent issuant from a ducal coronet or.
Torse
Mantled or and ermine.
Helm
Upon a coronet of a son of the sovereign proper, the royal helm or.
Escutcheon
Quarterly: First: Or semée of hearts gules, three lions passant in pale azure ducally crowned or,  Second: Azure a cross argent, Third: Argent two pallets sable, Fourth: Argent upon a rock proper a castle triple towered sable masoned argent windows port turret-caps and vanes gules.
Supporters
Dexter, a savage crowned with a chaplet of oak leaves girt about the loins with a lion skin and supporting in the dexter hand a club proper (from the royal Greek arms); Sinister, a lion queue fourché ducally crowned or and gorged with a naval coronet azure (based on Battenberg arms).
Motto
GOD IS MY HELP
Orders
The Order of the Garter ribbon
HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
(Shamed be he who thinks evil of it)

Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, was the longest-serving consort of a reigning British monarch before he passed away just shy of 100 years old in April 2021. You likely know him best as the Queen's husband, and if you're a royal watcher, you're probably going to tune in to his funeral to see him laid to rest. One small part of the pomp and circumstance will be Philip's personal Royal Standard, draped over his coffin. It's a flag, essentially, with four sections, each representing some aspect of the Duke's life. Curious about what these symbols stand for? Here's what the flag over Prince Philip's coffin really means.

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