Editing Monarchy of Canada (section)

==Royal family and house==
{{Anchor|Canada's royal family and house}}
[[File:Royal motorcade (8075978363).jpg|thumb|right|Members of the royal family standing in convertibles during the opening of [[1978 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Edmonton]]; Elizabeth II (front, left), Prince Philip (front, right), [[Prince Andrew, Duke of York|Prince Andrew]] (rear, left), and [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Edward]] (rear, right)]]

The Canadian royal family is the group of people who are comparatively closely related to the country's monarch and,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development |author-link=Indian and Northern Affairs Canada |title=Commissioners of the Territories |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |date=2000 |location=Ottawa |page=82 |url=http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nth/pubs/comm/comm3-eng.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613193408/http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nth/pubs/comm/comm3-eng.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 June 2011 |isbn=0-6626-3769-0 |access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref> as such, belong to the [[House of Windsor]] and owe their allegiance specifically to the reigning king or queen of Canada.<ref name=Noonan>{{Harvnb|Noonan|1998}}</ref> There is no legal definition of who is or is not a member of the royal family; though, the [[Government of Canada]]'s website lists "working members of the royal family".<ref name=Memb>{{Cite web |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/royal-family/members-royal-family.html |title=The Royal Family |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |date=28 September 2020 |access-date=24 February 2021}}</ref>

Unlike in the United Kingdom, the monarch is the only member of the royal family with a [[Style and title of the Canadian sovereign|title established through Canadian law]] and is styled by convention as ''His/Her Majesty'',<ref name=Style>{{Cite web |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/protocol-guidelines-special-event/styles-address.html#a1 |title=Styles of address |date=25 June 2021 |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=9 August 2022}}</ref> as would be a [[queen consort]]. Otherwise, the remaining family members are, as a [[courtesy title|courtesy]], styled and titled as they are in the UK,<ref name=Style/> according to [[letters patent]] issued there,<ref>{{Citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CVFKAQAAIAAJ |date=1957 |last=Hood Phillips |first=Owen |title=The Constitutional Law of Great Britain and the Commonwealth |publisher=Sweet & Maxwell |page=370}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PUIqAQAAMAAJ |date=1963 |title=Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Privy Council, and Order of Preference |publisher=Burke's Peerage Limited |page=XXIX}}</ref> with additional French translations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.canada.ca/fr/patrimoine-canadien/services/famille-royale/membres-famille-royale.html |author=Government of Canada |title=Membres de la Famille royale |date=11 August 2017 |publisher=Publishing and Depository Services Directorate |access-date=12 April 2023}}</ref>

Those in the royal family are distant relations of the [[Monarchy of Belgium#Royal family|Belgian]], [[Danish royal family|Danish]], [[Greek royal family|Greek]], [[Norwegian royal family|Norwegian]], [[Spanish royal family|Spanish]], and [[Swedish royal family|Swedish royal families]] and,<ref name=Bousfield22>{{Harvnb|Bousfield|Toffoli|2002|p=22}}</ref> given the shared nature of the Canadian monarch, are also members of the [[British royal family]]. While Canadian and foreign media often refer to them as the "British royal family",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Howell |first=Peter |title=Queen rules for city critics |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=20 December 2006 |url=https://www.thestar.com/artsentertainment/article/163172 |access-date=24 May 2009}}{{Dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{Cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Canadian Press |author-link=Canadian Press |title=Royal wedding details emerge |newspaper=Winnipeg Sun |date=11 April 2005}}</ref> the Canadian government considers it inappropriate, as they are family members of the Canadian monarch.<ref name=SaskProtocol>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ops.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=4c4f7726-bc9c-497c-ac85-158c1b8c8d9d |last=Office of the Provincial Secretary |title=About OPS > Protocol Office > Royal Visits > Royal Family Titles |publisher=Queen's Printer for Saskatchewan |access-date=1 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003102014/http://www.ops.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=4c4f7726-bc9c-497c-ac85-158c1b8c8d9d |archive-date=3 October 2011}}</ref> Further, in addition to the few Canadian citizens in the royal family,{{#tag:ref|Two Canadian citizens married into the royal family: In 1988, [[Sylvana Windsor, Countess of St Andrews|Sylvana Jones]] (née Tomaselli in [[Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador|Placentia, Newfoundland]]) wed [[George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews]], a great-grandson of King [[George V]], and, on 18 May 2008, [[Autumn Phillips|Autumn Kelly]], originally from [[Montreal]], married Queen Elizabeth II's eldest grandson, [[Peter Phillips]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Montrealer Autumn Kelly weds Queen's eldest grandson |publisher=CBC |date=17 May 2008 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/montrealer-autumn-kelly-weds-queen-s-eldest-grandson-1.766014 |access-date=24 May 2009}}</ref> The latter couple has two children, 19th and 20th in line to the throne {{As of|2024|lc=on}}, who each hold dual Canadian and British citizenship,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Queen's first great-grandchild has Canadian roots |publisher=CTV |date=30 December 2010 |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/queen-s-first-great-grandchild-has-canadian-roots-1.591055 |access-date=2 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/the-queen-becomes-a-great-grandmother-for-the-second-time-1.789610 |title=The Queen becomes a great grandmother for the second time |date=30 March 2012 |publisher=CTV |access-date=30 March 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331172702/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20120330/queen-great-grandmother-again-120330  |archive-date=31 March 2012}}</ref> as do the three children of George Windsor, though only the youngest, [[Lady Amelia Windsor]], is in line to the throne, 43rd {{As of|2023|lc=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/Successionandprecedence/Succession/Overview.aspx |author=Royal Household |title=The current Royal Family > Succession and precedence > Succession |publisher=Queen's Printer |access-date=4 March 2015}}</ref> More distantly, Princes Boris and [[Prince Hermann Friedrich of Leiningen|Hermann Friedrich]] of Leiningen, great-great-great grandsons of Queen Victoria, are also Canadian citizens.|group=n|name=Citizen}} the sovereign is considered Canadian,{{Refn|<ref>{{Cite court |litigants=Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh v. the Attorney-General of Canada |vol=T-1809-06 |pinpoint=14.4 |court=Federal Court of Canada |date=21 January 2008 |url=http://decisions.fct-cf.gc.ca/en/2008/2008fc69/2008fc69.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Holloway |first=Ian |title=Constitutional Silliness and the Canadian Forces |journal=Canadian Monarchist News |volume=Summer 2007 |issue=26 |page=9 |publisher=Monarchist League of Canada |location=Toronto |date=2007 |url=http://www.monarchist.ca/cmn/2007/Summer_2007_CMN.pdf |access-date=14 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625225416/http://www.monarchist.ca/cmn/2007/Summer_2007_CMN.pdf |archive-date=25 June 2008}}</ref><ref name=Proudfoot>{{Citation |url=http://www.canada.com/Will+Kate+royal+influence+everywhere+Canada+already/5012163/story.html |last=Proudfoot |first=Shannon |title=Will and Kate on way, but royal influence everywhere in Canada already |date=27 June 2011 |publisher=Postmedia |access-date=15 July 2015 |newspaper=Canada.com}}</ref>}} and those among his relations who do not meet the requirements of [[Canadian nationality law|Canadian citizenship law]] are considered Canadian, which entitles them to [[Diplomatic missions of Canada|Canadian consular assistance]] and the protection of the King's [[Canadian Forces|armed forces of Canada]] when they are in need of protection or aid outside of the Commonwealth realms,<ref name=Noonan/> as well as, since 2013, substantive appointment to the [[Order of Canada]] and [[Order of Military Merit (Canada)|Order of Military Merit]].<ref>{{Citation |author=Elizabeth II |date=2013 |title=The Constitution of the Order of Canada |at=9.2 |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=14945 |access-date=2 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |author=Elizabeth II |date=2013 |title=The Constitution of the Order of Military Merit |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=15086 |access-date=24 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yj69BgAAQBAJ&dq=%22canadian+royal+family%22&pg=PT465 |last=McCreery |first=Christopher |title=The Canadian Honours System |chapter=Chapters 12 and 13 |publisher=Dundurn Press |location=Toronto |date=2005 |isbn=978-1-5500-2554-5}}</ref> Beyond formalities, members of the royal family have, on occasion, been said by the media and non-governmental organizations to be Canadian,{{#tag:ref|As early as 1959, it was recognized that the then-reigning Queen, Eliabeth II, was "equally at home in all her realms";<ref>{{Harvnb|Buckner|2005|p=66}}</ref> By the 1960s, loyal societies in Canada recognized the Elizabeth's cousin, [[Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy]], as a "Canadian princess";<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gowdy |first=Douglas M. |date=18 October 1967 |publication-date=1968 |contribution=Loyal Societies Dinner in Honor of Princess Alexandra. Remarks by Douglas M. Gowdy. The Loyal Societies Toast to Canada by Col. B.J. Legge. |contribution-url=http://speeches.empireclub.org/details.asp?r=vs&ID=60981&number=1 |editor=Empire Club of Canada |editor-link=Empire Club of Canada |title=The Empire Club of Canada Addresses, 1967–1968 |pages=107–113 |location=Toronto |publisher=The Empire Club Foundation |access-date=9 September 2009 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726031840/http://speeches.empireclub.org/details.asp?r=vs&ID=60981&number=1 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and, at the time of the 2011 royal tour of [[Prince William, Duke of Cambridge]], and [[Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge]], both [[Michael Valpy]], writing for the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]], and ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' referred to William as "a prince of Canada".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Valpy |first=Michael |title=So long, young royals, you did good |publisher=CBC |date=8 July 2011 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/michael-valpy-so-long-young-royals-you-did-good-1.985337 |access-date=8 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Editorial Board |title=The royal visit is no mere celebrity event |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |location=Toronto |date=30 June 2011 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-royal-visit-is-no-mere-celebrity-event/article2082941  |access-date=5 July 2011 |archive-date=4 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704234141/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-royal-visit-is-no-mere-celebrity-event/article2082941  |url-status=dead}}</ref>|group=n|name=CanadianRF}} have declared themselves to be Canadian,{{#tag:ref|In 1919, Prince Edward Albert (the future King [[Edward VIII]]) asserted, "I want Canada to look upon me as a Canadian, if not actually by birth, yet certainly in mind and spirit."<ref>{{Citation |last=Fabb |first=John |title=Royal Tours of the British Empire, 1860-1927 |page=105 |location=London |publisher=B.T. Batsford |date=1989 |isbn=978-0-7134-5191-7}}</ref> [[Elizabeth II|Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh]], said in 1951 that, when in Canada, she was "amongst fellow countrymen" and,<ref name=MacLeod3/><ref>{{Harvnb|Bousfield|Toffoli|2002|p=66}}</ref> after acceding to the throne as Queen Elizabeth II, she, when departing the United States for Canada in 1983, stated to [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]], "I'm going home to Canada tomorrow".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.crht.ca/DiscoverMonarchyFiles/QueenElizabethII.html |title=Monarchy > Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada |publisher=Canadian Royal Heritage Trust |access-date=10 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618075325/http://www.crht.ca/DiscoverMonarchyFiles/QueenElizabethII.html |archive-date=18 June 2009}}</ref> In 2005, Elizabeth said she agreed with the statement earlier made by her mother, [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother]], that Canada felt like a "home away from home";<ref name=MacLeod11>{{Harvnb|MacLeod|2015|p=11}}</ref> in the same year, she remarked, "I have always felt not only welcome but at home in Canada."<ref name=CHP/> Similarly, the Queen said in 2010, in Nova Scotia, "it is very good to be home".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Treble |first=Patricia |title=Royal Redux |journal=Maclean's: The Royal Tour |page=66 |date=2011 |publisher=Rogers Media |location=Toronto}}</ref>|group=n|name=Canadians}} and some past members have lived in Canada for extended periods as viceroy or for other reasons.{{#tag:ref|[[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn]], served as the Commander of [[British North America]]n troops in Canada's [[Maritimes]] for nine years after 1791, mostly in [[City of Halifax|Halifax]];<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hall |first=Trevor |title=Royal Canada: A History of Royal Visits for Canada since 1786 |publisher=Archive |date=1989 |location=Toronto |isbn=978-0-8866-5504-4 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/royalcanadaahist0000hall}}</ref> his granddaughter, [[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll|Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne]], lived in Canada between 1878 and 1883 as [[Viceregal consort of Canada|viceregal consort]];<ref>{{Cite book |last=Waite |first=P. B. |contribution=Campbell, John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland, Marquess of Lorne and 9th Duke of Argyll |date=2000 |title=Dictionary of Canadian Biography |editor-last=English |editor-first=John |volume=XIV |place=Ottawa |publisher=University of Toronto/Université Laval |url=http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=7267 |access-date=24 May 2009}}</ref> and her brother, [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]], resided in Canada first through 1870 as a member of the [[Canadian Militia]], defending Canada from the [[Fenian Raids]],<ref name=Toffoli>{{Cite web |url=http://www.crht.ca/DiscoverMonarchyFiles/ArmedForces.html |last=Toffoli |first=Gary |title=The Royal Family and the Armed Forces |publisher=Canadian Royal Heritage Trust |access-date=24 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701050507/http://www.crht.ca/DiscoverMonarchyFiles/ArmedForces.html |archive-date=1 July 2007}}</ref> and then as governor general from 1911 until 1916.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gg.ca/gg/fgg/bios/01/connaught_e.asp |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20081116035719/http://www.gg.ca/gg/fgg/bios/01/connaught_e.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 November 2008 |last=Office of the Governor General of Canada |title=Governor General > Former Governors General > Field Marshal His Royal Highness the Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=30 April 2009}}</ref> Later, for six years beginning in 1940, [[Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone]] (a great-grandchild of the Duke of Kent), lived in Canada with her husband, [[Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone|the Earl of Athlone]] (himself a great-grandchild of King [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]]),<ref name=Toffoli/> while he served as governor general.<ref name=GGCam>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gg.ca/gg/fgg/bios/01/athlone_e.asp |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20080313003341/http://www.gg.ca/gg/fgg/bios/01/athlone_e.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 March 2008 |last=Office of the Governor General of Canada |title=Governor General > Former Governors General > Major General The Earl of Athlone |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=24 March 2009}}</ref>|group=n|name=RF2}}
[[File:Edward VIII unveils the figure of Canada on the Vimy Ridge Memorial.jpg|thumb|left|King [[Edward VIII]] unveiling the figure ''Canada Bereft'' on the [[Canadian National Vimy Memorial]] in July 1936]]

According to the Canadian Royal Heritage Trust, [[Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn]]—due to his having lived in Canada between 1791 and 1800 and fathering [[Queen Victoria]]—is the "ancestor of the modern Canadian royal family".<ref name=Toffoli/> Nonetheless, the concept of the Canadian royal family did not emerge until after the passage of the Statute of Westminster in 1931, when Canadian officials only began to overtly consider putting the principles of Canada's new status as an independent kingdom into effect.<ref name=Parl>{{Harvnb|Galbraith|1989|p=7}}</ref> Initially, the monarch was the only member of the royal family to carry out public ceremonial duties solely on the advice of Canadian ministers; King [[Edward VIII]] became the first to do so when in July 1936 he dedicated the [[Canadian National Vimy Memorial]] in France.{{#tag:ref||group=n|name=Duties}} Over the decades, however, the monarch's children, grandchildren, cousins, and their respective spouses began to also perform functions at the direction of the Canadian Crown-in-Council, representing the monarch within Canada or abroad, in a role specifically as members of the Canadian royal family.<ref>{{Harvnb|Bousfield|Toffoli|1991|p=8}}</ref>

However, it was not until October 2002 when the term ''Canadian royal family'' was first used publicly and officially by one of its members: in a speech to the [[Legislative Assembly of Nunavut|Nunavut legislature]] at its opening, Queen Elizabeth II stated: "I am proud to be the first member of the Canadian royal family to be greeted in Canada's newest territory."<ref>{{Citation |author=Elizabeth II |author-link=Elizabeth II |date=4 October 2002 |publication-date=1 September 2004 |contribution=Speech Given by The Queen at the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut on Friday 4 October 2002 |contribution-url=http://www.etoile.co.uk/Speech/021004Queen.html |editor-last=Voost |editor-first=Geraldine |title=Etoile's Unofficial Royalty Site |place=Iqualuit |publication-place=London |publisher=Geraldine Voost |url=http://www.etoile.co.uk  |access-date=24 May 2009}}</ref><ref name=Jackson210>{{Citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_3glDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22canadian+royal+family%22&pg=PA210 |editor-last=Jackson |editor-first=D. Michael |last=Palmer |first=Sean |title=The Canadian Kingdom: 150 Years of Constitutional Monarchy |chapter=The Path to Nationalization: How the Realms Have Made the Monarchy Their Own |page=210 |publisher=Dundurn |location=Toronto |date=2018 |isbn=978-1-4597-4118-8 |access-date=12 April 2023}}</ref> Princess Anne used it again when speaking at Rideau Hall in 2014,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thecanadianpress.com/english/online/OnlineFullStory.aspx?filename=DOR-MNN-CP.15465426dc4f4d39a8a3cc7f30c12d04.CPKEY2008111303&newsitemid=30646704&languageid=1 |last=Pedwell |first=Terry |title=Princess Anne to take part in Remembrance Day and rededication of memorial |publisher=The Canadian Press |access-date=1 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604172205/http://www.thecanadianpress.com/english/online/OnlineFullStory.aspx?filename=DOR-MNN-CP.15465426dc4f4d39a8a3cc7f30c12d04.CPKEY2008111303&newsitemid=30646704&languageid=1 |archive-date=4 June 2015}}</ref> as did the now King Charles in Halifax the same year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/a-special-joy-to-be-in-canada-prince-charles-says-1.1827940/comments-7.517485/comments-7.517485/comments-7.517485 |title=Hundreds Welcome Royal Visitors |publisher=CTV News |access-date=25 July 2022}}</ref> Also in 2014, then-[[Premier of Saskatchewan]] [[Brad Wall]] called Prince Edward a member of the Canadian royal family.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2014/september/10/royal-visit-itinerary |title=Public Itinerary for Royal Visit Announced |date=10 September 2014 |publisher=Queen's Printer for Saskatchewan |access-date=25 July 2022}}</ref> By 2011, both Canadian and British media were referring to "Canada's royal family" or the "Canadian royal family".{{Refn|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rayner |first=Gordon |newspaper=The Telegraph |title=Royal tour: Prince William and Kate Middleton fly to Canada for first overseas tour as married couple |location=London |date=30 June 2011 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-william/8608406/Royal-tour-Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton-fly-to-Canada-for-first-overseas-tour-as-married-couple.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-william/8608406/Royal-tour-Prince-William-and-Kate-Middleton-fly-to-Canada-for-first-overseas-tour-as-married-couple.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=5 July 2011}}{{Cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Palmer |first=Randall |title=Canadian cities ready to welcome Royals |newspaper=Toronto Sun |location=Toronto |date=30 June 2011 |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2011/06/30/canadian-cities-ready-to-welcome-royals |access-date=5 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hough |first=Andrew |title=Royal tour: Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's 14,000-mile first official trip |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=London |date=30 May 2011 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-william/8546311/Royal-tour-Kate-Middleton-and-Prince-Williams-14000-mile-first-official-trip.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-william/8546311/Royal-tour-Kate-Middleton-and-Prince-Williams-14000-mile-first-official-trip.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=5 July 2011}}{{Cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/royal-agricultural-winter-fair-prepares-for-royal-visit-535055851.html |title=Royal Agricultural Winter Fair prepares for Royal visit |author=Royal Agricultural Winter Fair |publisher=Canada Newswire |date=21 October 2015 |access-date=25 July 2022}}</ref>}}

While Heard observed in 2018 that no direct legal action has, so far, created a Canadian royal family,<ref name=Heard126>{{Citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_3glDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22canadian+royal+family%22&pg=PA210 |editor-last=Jackson |editor-first=D. Michael |last=Heard |first=Andrew |title=The Canadian Kingdom: 150 Years of Constitutional Monarchy |chapter=The Crown in Canada: Is There a Canadian Monarchy? |page=126 |publisher=Dundurn |location=Toronto |date=2018 |isbn=978-1-4597-4118-8 |access-date=12 April 2023}}</ref> he also asserted that the [[Canadian Heraldic Authority]] creating [[Royal standards of Canada|uniquely Canadian standards for members of the royal family other than the monarch]] was a symbolic "localization of the royal family";<ref name=Heard115>{{Harvnb|Heard|2018|p=115}}</ref> Sean Palmer agreed, stating the banners are a sign the country has taken "'ownership' not only of the Queen of Canada, but of the other members of her family as well" and that doing so was another formal affirmation of the concept of a Canadian royal family "as distinct as the Queen of Canada is from the Queen of the United Kingdom".<ref name=Jackson210/> Jai Patel and Sally Raudon also noted, in 2019, that the purpose of these heraldic banners was to recognize the owners' roles as members of the Canadian royal family.<ref>{{Citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lt6CDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22canadian+royal+family%22&pg=PT162| editor-last1=Shore| editor-first1=Chris| editor-last2=Williams| editor-first2=David V.| last1=Patel| first1=Jai| last2=Raudon| first2=Sally |title=The Shapeshifting Crown: Locating the State in Post-Colonial New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the UK |chapter=Localising the Crown |page=148 |date=2019 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-1-1084-9646-9 |access-date=12 April 2023}}</ref>