Canadian government - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 11 May 2023 01:05:39 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Canadian government - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Canada replaces crosses in new Royal Crown with maple leaves and snowflakes https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/05/11/canada-replaces-crosses-in-new-royal-crown-with-maple-leaves-and-snowflakes/ Thu, 11 May 2023 05:50:18 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=158731 King Charles III has approved the Canadian government's new heraldic Royal Crown design that swaps out its crowning cross for a snowflake and replaces other crosses with maple leaves. The Canadian Royal Crown redesign was recommended by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and is based on the bejewelled St Edward's Crown used at King Charles' Read more

Canada replaces crosses in new Royal Crown with maple leaves and snowflakes... Read more]]> King Charles III has approved the Canadian government's new heraldic Royal Crown design that swaps out its crowning cross for a snowflake and replaces other crosses with maple leaves.

The Canadian Royal Crown redesign was recommended by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and is based on the bejewelled St Edward's Crown used at King Charles' coronation, as well as the slightly different Tudor Crown symbol.

However, the stylized Canadian emblem drops the crosses and the fleurs-de-lis present on these crowns, instead incorporating "elements emphasising the Canadian identity of the monarchy," the governor general of Canada's website says in its heraldry section.

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