Prince William uploaded a picture from his trip to Wales but royal fans were quick to spot one glaring error.
Royal fans were quick to spot one glaring ‘error’ during the Prince of Wales’s recent trip.
Prince William visited Wales on Tuesday, June 11, to learn more about businesses and organisations utilising the benefits of seaweed.
The heir to the throne was pictured on social media sitting on a train and looking out the window with his phone and a red binder on the table in front of him.
The binder featured his royal monogram on the cover, a “W” topped by a coronet, which is used on official documents.
But according to royal fans, the design featured a mistake as it had not been updated to reflect his new role after King Charles’s ascension to the throne, but still had the coronet of a child of the Prince of Wales.
Prince William hasn’t updated his cypher
Gert’s Royals pointed out the ‘mistake’ on social media, with one fan commenting: “I guess it’ll all change as people get used to the former Prince Charles’s stuff changing over to his King logos and symbols. Prince George isn’t going to be using this stuff for a while anyway.”
Another one added: “Guessing they’ll only replace it once they need to.”
Meanwhile, Charles, who was previously Prince of Wales, debuted his new royal monogram just weeks after he was made King.
The new cypher features a crown above his first initial “C” intertwined with an “R” for Rex (Latin for King), with the “III” Roman Numerals inside the “R”. It was selected by His Majesty from a series of designs prepared by The College of Arms.
The monogram is used by government departments and on state documents and post boxes.
Prince Willian’s cypher features a a ‘W’ topped by a coronet (Image: Kensington Palace)
The King’s wife, Queen Camilla revealed her own monogram in November 2022, which featured her first initial, “C” with an “R” for Regina (Latin for Queen).
The College of Arms, which designed the cyphers, was founded in 1484 and is responsible for creating and maintaining official registers of coats of arms and pedigrees.
The heralds who make up the College are members of the Royal Household and act under Crown authority.
