Royal Cyphers and Monograms

[Her_Majesty]

Originally Posted by Lord Sosnowitz

His Majesty King Harald V of Norway's cípher

I think there are 2 different ciphers for King Harald.
The one you posted: The H and a 5
but also: a H and the Roman 5, so a V.

[Lord Sosnowitz]

Originally Posted by Her_Majesty

I think there are 2 different ciphers for King Harald.
The one you posted: The H and a 5
but also: a H and the Roman 5, so a V.

Pass, I think the valid version, which include roman 5.

[KikkiB]

Originally Posted by Lord Sosnowitz

Pass, I think the valid version, which include roman 5.

I believe both V and 5 is officially valid, since a monogram H with "normal" 5 in it exists on the Norwegian coins.

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r...kiB/images.jpg

[Henri M.]

Here you see the combined logo of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima.

An elegant design. You see that the 'M' and the 'W' are mirroring each other.

The same design, is used for their private table linen. (Official table linen contains their official Arms). See picture. You see it is the uncrowned version, most likely to obtain symmetry in the damast tablewear.

[politikgirl]

The Norwegian royals' monograms are up on their redesigned official website. If you go to "The Royal Family" and click each individual profile, you can see them here: kongehuset.no - English

[Her_Majesty]

Originally Posted by politikgirl

The Norwegian royals' monograms are up on their redesigned official website. If you go to "The Royal Family" and click each individual profile, you can see them here: kongehuset.no - English

Here they are:

King Harald 5 (without the roman V)
Queen Sonja

Prince Haakon Magnus
Princess Mette-Marit
Mette and Haakon


Princess Ingrid Alexandra
Prince Sverre Magnus

Princess Märtha Louise

Princess Ragnhild
Princess Astrid - thsi one looks very special! I think i never saw something similar before!

Source: Kongehuset

I really like the Norwegian monograms- especially the one sof the children (Ingrid-Alexandra's is stunning!)

[Her_Majesty]

Monogram of Joachim and Marie

Kongehuset - Aktuelt - Nyheder

[RoyalProtocol]

The Monogramme of HRH The Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner is very similar to that of HRH Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Lady Ogilvy with the obvious exception of the crowns.

[Henri M.]

The monogram of HRH The Prince of Orange is carved in stone. See the entrance of the Prince's private mansion in The Hague (in use as secretariate and to accomodate guests to Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Máxima).

The two sculptures at each side of the stairs show the monogram.
See this picture.

[JessRulz]

Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, still maintains a monogram even after her re-marriage, but the crown about the "A" has been down-graded from a royal crown to a countess crown.

Old monogram and new monogram

(Picture and info from Billed Bladet)

[sgl]

when does one receive a royal monogram? is it created at birth, or at a certain age? what does the R stand for in Queen Elizabeth's monogram?

[blondie28]

Originally Posted by sgl

when does one receive a royal monogram? is it created at birth, or at a certain age? what does the R stand for in Queen Elizabeth's monogram?

The R means Regina for all queen's and queen consorts. The R in the king's name means Rex.

[Next Star]

Here is Prince Albert II of Monaco's monogram
You have scroll down a bit before you get it.
Prince Albert of Monaco: Biography and Much More from Answers.com

[LadyK]

I don't think any other royal kids have their own monograms (besides Christian, Ingrid Alexandra and Sverre Magnus). Interestingly enough, Queen Margrethe, who designed the monograms for Christian, IA and Sverre (plus all their parents), hasn't designed one for little Isabella.

[Her_Majesty]

Originally Posted by LadyK

I don't think any other royal kids have their own monograms (besides Christian, Ingrid Alexandra and Sverre Magnus). Interestingly enough, Queen Margrethe, who designed the monograms for Christian, IA and Sverre (plus all their parents), hasn't designed one for little Isabella.

I never knew Margrethe designed the ones of IA and Magnus!

About Isabella:
I guess she'll get her own monogram as well. Christian got his own monogram when he was a little older, too. So, I think they'll wait a while until Isabella is a bit older..

[JessRulz]

Originally Posted by Her_Majesty

I never knew Margrethe designed the ones of IA and Magnus!

About Isabella:
I guess she'll get her own monogram as well. Christian got his own monogram when he was a little older, too. So, I think they'll wait a while until Isabella is a bit older..

Christian got his monogram when he was around the six-month mark. This is probably because he is the direct heir after Frederik, while Isabella is the 'spare'. Bella probably won't get one until she turns 18, like her cousins Nikolai and Felix

[Princess Robijn]

Maybe it's a Scandinavia thing to have a monogram for the kids. I was also suprised the Queen didn't design a monogram for Isabella, maybe later on.

[saphills]

Here is Joachim & Marie's monogram:
Joachim tegner sit og Marie Cavalliers monogram - Politiken.dk

[sgl]

Originally Posted by saphills

Here is Joachim & Marie's monogram:
Joachim tegner sit og Marie Cavalliers monogram - Politiken.dk

I like this monogram. It is very tasteful. I did not like the logo that was created for their wedding, but their monogram is very nice.

[politikgirl]

I can't believe we have to wait until they turn 18 to see a monogram - understandable, of course, but disappointing for us royal watchers.

sgl: What does the logo for the wedding look like? I didn't know there was a logo - I thought it was just the joint monogram.