Editing Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh (section)

===Arms===
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|name = the Duchess of Edinburgh
|image = Coat of Arms of Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh.svg
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|notes = The Duchess bears the [[Armorial bearings|arms]] of her husband impaled with her father's. Prior to marrying Prince Edward her father Christopher Rhys-Jones had [[Coat of arms|arms]] redesigned by [[Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones]], [[Garter King of Arms]], based on a 200-year-old [[Assumed arms|family blazon]] never previously recognised. The new [[grant of arms]] included a [[Remainder (law)#Special remainder in peerages|remainder]] to Christopher's elder brother Theo Rhys-Jones and [[Issue (genealogy)|issue]]. About her new family coat of arms, Sophie is quoted saying: "It's wonderful, I'm absolutely thrilled", "It's not modern and different, because it is representative of my family's heritage, so it's in keeping with that."<ref name="New Coat">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/347718.stm Sophie's new coat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031174531/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/347718.stm |date=31 October 2013 }}. BBC News. 19 May 1999. Retrieved 14 November 2010.</ref>
|year_adopted = 1999
|coronet = [[Coronet]] of a child of the Sovereign.
|escutcheon = [[Quartering (heraldry)|Quarterly]], ''1st and 4th'' Gules three Lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langed Azure, ''2nd'' Or a Lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a Double Tressure flory counterflory of the Second, ''3rd'' Azure a Harp Or stringed Argent, the whole differenced with a Label of three Points Argent with the central Point charged with a [[Tudor Rose]] (''Royal Arms differenced for Prince Edward''); [[Impalement (heraldry)|impaled]] with a Shield quarterly Gules and Azure a Lion rampant regardant within an Orle Or (''for Rhys-Jones''); and, in [[Chief (heraldry)|chief]], as an [[augmentation of honour]], the [[Venerable Order of St John|arms of the Order of St John]] (''for [[GCStJ]]'').
|supporters = Dexter, a Lion rampant gardant Or crowned with the Coronet of the rank of a child of the Sovereign Proper; Sinister, a [[Wyvern]] Azure gorged with a Coronet Or composed of Crosses pattées and Fleurs-de-lis a Chain affixed also Or.
|motto = '''CAS GŴR NI CHÂR Y WLAD A'I MACO''' <br/> ([[Welsh language|Welsh]]: ''Hateful the man who loves not the country that nurtured him'') 
|orders = [[File:HRH the Duchess of Edinburgh GCStJ banner.jpg|right|100px]] Surrounding the Shield, the [[Royal Victorian Order]] [[circlet]] inscribed with its motto: '''VICTORIA''';<br> [[augmentation of honour|augmented]] in [[Chief (heraldry)|chief]] by the [[Venerable Order of St John|arms of the Order of St John]] as a [[GCStJ|Dame Grand Cross (GCStJ)]].
|other_elements = [[GCVO]] [[insignia]] suspended below the Shield (optional). 
|symbolism = The Duchess's family arms allude to her family's [[Welsh heraldry|Welsh heritage]] and one of her noble ancestors the warrior [[Elystan Glodrydd]], Prince of Ferrig (represented by the lion). Red and blue are the [[regimental colours]] of the [[Royal Fusiliers]], in which members of her family have served.<ref name="New Coat"/> The wyvern is a symbol of [[Wessex]], appropriate to the earldom of Wessex (now a subsidiary title).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Royal Insights: October 2005: Mailbox |url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page4491.asp |access-date=17 June 2023 |publisher=The [[Royal Households of the United Kingdom|Royal Household]]|archive-date=22 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222173807/http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page4491.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|previous_versions = [[File:Coa_Illustration_Cross_Malte_2.svg|right|100px]] [[File:Arms of Sophie Rhys-Jones.svg|right|100px]] Previous versions of her marital arms were depicted superimposed upon the [[Maltese Cross|Badge]] of the [[Venerable Order of St John|Order of St John]] (when [[DStJ|DJStJ]]) replaced in 2010 by the Royal Victorian Order circlet (as [[GCVO]]). Her arms since 2022 represent both her being a [[Dame Grand Cross]] of the [[Royal Victorian Order]] (by its [[Circlet#Heraldic circlet|circlet]]) and of the [[Venerable Order of St John|Order of St John]] (with its [[augmentation of honour]] in chief). <br>Prior to her marriage, Sophie Rhys-Jones bore her father's arms on a [[Lozenge (heraldry)|lozenge]].
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