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Why Was Meghan Markle’s Coat of Arms Used on New Website Instead of Her Joint Crest with Prince Harry?

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex quietly launched Sussex.com, which also features their royal cypher

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s new website came with a few royal touches.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex quietly launched Sussex.com on Monday, providing a nucleus for information on the couple’s charitable work through the Archewell Foundation, creations through Archewell Productions and other appearances. The homepage is filled with nods to the couple’s time as working members of the royal family before they stepped back from those roles in 2020 and relocated to Meghan’s home state of California.

Over a photo of Harry, 39, and Meghan, 42, at the 2023 Invictus Games closing ceremony in September is text reading, “The office of Prince Harry & Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex,” under Meghan’s coat of arms. Shortly after the pair’s May 2018 wedding, the palace revealed Meghan’s new coat of arms.

Meghan worked closely with the College of Arms to create the design, which included a number of personal elements. The blue background of the shield represents the Pacific Ocean off the California coast, while two golden rays across the shield are symbolic of the sunshine in Meghan’s hometown of Los Angeles. The three quills represent communication and the power of words, a possible reflection of Meghan’s outspoken activism and her defunct lifestyle blog, The Tig.

Prince Harry also has a coat of arms and the pair’s symbols can be combined into a “conjugal coat of arms” — however, their combined version was never officially revealed by the palace. That may have been due to timing — Prince William and Kate Middleton’s combined crest wasn’t shared until two years after their wedding.

It’s possible that they chose Meghan’s design because it already incorporates her husband’s. The arms of a married woman are also shown with those of her husband and the technical term is that they are “impaled,” meaning placed side by side in the same shield. While the right side of the coat of arms represents Meghan, the left side is a reflection of Prince Harry’s.

However, royal fans online have pointed out that the crest is in need of an update following King Charles’ accession to the throne in 2022. Now that Prince Harry is the son of the monarch rather than the son of the heir, a different coronet should be used while the five points of the lapel should be changed to three points, according to Gert’s Royals.

In addition to the coat of arms and their royal titles as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, which were bestowed by Queen Elizabeth on their wedding day, Harry and Meghan’s new website also features another element from their royal life.

On the bottom right of the homepage, the couple’s titles appear under their joint cypher. The design features an intertwined “H” and “M” in the same cursive style as both Harry and Meghan’s individual cyphers. Sitting atop the initials is a coronet, which features two crosses pattee (a type of Christian cross), four fleurs-de-lys and two strawberry leaves.

The couple’s former website, SussexRoyal.com, now redirects to the new Sussex.com address. A pop-up message on the webpage reads: “This site was established in 2020 and sets out the work streams of Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex prior to their move to the United States. To learn more about the Royal couple and their philanthropic endeavours, click here.”

After Meghan and Harry married in 2018, news about their royal work appeared on the @KensingtonRoyal accounts alongside updates about Prince William and Princess Kate. The following year, the couple launched a separate Instagram page, @SussexRoyal, as part of the plan to establish a separate office from William and Kate.

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