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== Title, styles, honours and arms == === Titles and styles === * 30 April 1662 – 4 November 1677: ''Her Highness'' The Lady Mary<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=1249|page=1|date=5 November 1677}}</ref> * 4 November 1677 – 13 February 1689: ''Her Highness''<ref name="Parl"/> or ''Her Royal Highness'' The Princess of Orange<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=2361|page=1|date=5 July 1688}}</ref> * 13 February 1689 – 28 December 1694: ''Her Majesty'' The Queen The joint style of William III and Mary II was "William and Mary, by the Grace of God, [[King and Queen of England]], [[British claims to the French throne|France]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]], [[Fidei defensor|Defenders of the Faith]], etc." when they ascended the English throne. From 11 April 1689—when the [[Estates of Scotland]] recognised them as sovereigns—the royal couple used the style "William and Mary, by the Grace of God, King and Queen of England, [[List of Monarchs of Scotland|Scotland]], France and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, etc.".<ref name="brewers">{{Cite book |last=Brewer |first=E. Cobham |title=Dictionary of Phrase and Fable |date=1898 |publisher=[[Henry Altemus Company]] |location=Philadelphia |page=891}}</ref> === Arms === The coat of arms used by William and Mary were: [[Quartering (heraldry)|Quarterly]], I and IV Grandquarterly, [[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]] three [[fleurs-de-lis]] [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] (for France) and [[Gules]] three lions [[passant guardant]] in [[Pale (heraldry)|pale]] Or ([[Royal Arms of England|for England]]); II Or a lion [[rampant]] within a double [[tressure]] flory-counter-flory Gules ([[Royal coat of arms of Scotland|for Scotland]]); III Azure a harp Or stringed [[Argent]] ([[Coat of arms of Ireland|for Ireland]]); overall an [[escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon]] Azure [[Semé|billetty]] a lion rampant Or (for the [[House of Orange-Nassau]]). {| border="0" style="margin:auto; width:80%;" |- !width=33% |[[File:Coat of arms of William and Mary as Prince and Princess of Orange.svg|centre|110px]] !width=33% |[[File:Coat of Arms of England (c. 1690).svg|center|200px]] !width=33% |[[File:Royal arms of Scotland 1691 - 1702.PNG|center|200px]] |- |{{center|Coat of arms on expeditionary banner of William and Mary, 1688, showing their arms [[Impalement (heraldry)|impaled]]}} |{{center|Coat of arms of William and Mary as joint sovereigns of England}} |{{center|Coat of arms of William and Mary used in Scotland from 1691}} |}
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