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Originally Posted by christiangirl
1. I knew this was you before I even saw the username because you know all the royal stuffs.  |
The unicorn is the traditional supporter of the Scottish royal arms. The Tudor monarchs used a lion (England) and a dragon (Wales) as supporters, but when James VI of Scotland became James I of England (after the death of Elizabeth I), he replaced the Welsh dragon with the Scottish unicorn.
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Originally Posted by honeychile
FWIW, the Queen Mother is a relatively new term. Queen Elizabeth II's mother was the first to use it.
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Oh, I am loathe to challenge my Jamestown cousin on this one, but the title has been longer than that. The OED dates it back to the sixteenth century. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was the first person for whom it was a formal rather than informal title. Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra before her chose not to use the title. Before them, you have to go back a few centuries to find anyone who would even be entitled to be called Queen Mother.
And LOL at all y'all!