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Who was the first royal bride to include her family’s motto on her marital coat of arms?
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#94302. Asked by storky1. (Apr 04 08 6:37 AM)
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Princess Diana.
As the wife of the Prince of Wales, Diana used arms that included the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom with a plain, three-point label and the inescutcheon of the Coat of Arms of the Principality of Wales (the arms of the Prince of Wales), impaled with a shield bearing 1st and 4th quarters plain white, and the 2nd and 3rd quarters bearing a golden fret on a red background defaced with three escallopes (the arms of the Earl Spencer, her father).
The supporters were the crowned golden lion from the Royal Arms, and a winged griffin from the Spencer arms. The shield was topped by the Prince of Wales crown. Her motto was Dieu Defend le Droit (English: God defends the right), also used in the Spencer arms.
After her divorce and before her death, Diana used the arms of the Spencer family, crowned by a royal coronet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales
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