During the Fiesta de Santa Fe every summer, many attendees might notice wooden, shield-shaped objects hanging from the outsides of buildings around the Plaza. These objects are known as coats of arms ...

A chatty coat of arms? According to the French, it is. Known as arms parlant or ‘canting’ arms, these shorthand emblems of identification play a visual pun on the family surname. It is up to the ...

In Great Britain, the granting of a coat of arms to a family is a significant, respected process. In fact, prominent families of "eminence or good standing in national or local life" must appeal to ...

Following Prince Andrew's announcement that he would give up use of his titles, PEOPLE can confirm that the banner featuring ...

Visitors to Windsor Castle may have noticed something different this week. In a rare step with historic ties to treason cases ...