Editing Crown (Heraldry) (section)

==Commonwealth usage==
[[Image:Baron Hawke coa.png|thumb|right|200px|The coat of arms of the [[Baron Hawke|Barons Hawke]] displays a [[baron]]ial coronet]]
In formal English, the word crown is reserved for the crown of a monarch and the [[Queen consort]], whereas the word [[coronet]] is used for all other crowns used by members of the [[British royal family]] and [[Peer of the realm|peers of the realm]].

In the [[Peerages in the United Kingdom|British peerage]], the design of a coronet shows the rank of its owner, as in German, French and various other heraldic traditions. The coronet of a [[duke]] has eight [[strawberry]] leaves, that of a [[marquess]] has four strawberry leaves and four silver balls (known as "pearls", but not actually [[pearl]]s), that of an [[earl]] has eight strawberry leaves and eight "pearls" raised on stalks, that of a [[viscount]] has sixteen "pearls", and that of a peerage [[baron]] or (in Scotland) [[lord of parliament]] has six "pearls". Between the 1930s and 2004, [[Barons in Scotland|feudal barons]] in the baronage of Scotland were granted a chapeau or [[cap of maintenance]] as a rank insignia.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} This is placed between the shield and helmet in the same manner as a peer's coronet. Since a person entitled to heraldic headgear customarily displays it above the shield and below the helm and crest, this can provide a useful clue as to the owner of a given coat of arms.

Members of the British royal family have coronets on their coats of arms, and they may wear physical versions at [[coronations]]. They are according to regulations made by King [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] in 1661, shortly after his return from exile in France (getting a taste for its lavish court style; [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] started monumental work at Versailles that year) and Restoration, and they vary depending upon the holder's relationship to the monarch. Occasionally, additional royal warrants vary the designs for individuals.

In [[Canadian heraldry]], special coronets are used to designate descent from [[United Empire Loyalist]]s. A military coronet signifies ancestors who served in Loyalist regiments during the [[American Revolution]], while a civil coronet is used by all others. The loyalist coronets are used only in heraldry, never worn. A new royal crown, derived from the shape of the Tudor crown but with distinctly Canadian elements, was unveiled at a ceremony in Ottawa to mark the [[Coronation of Charles III]].

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File:Tudor Crown (Heraldry).svg|Monarch: [[Tudor Crown (heraldry)|Tudor Crown]]
File:Royal Crown of Scotland (Heraldry).svg|Monarch: [[Crown of Scotland]]
File:Canadian Royal Crown.svg|Monarch: [[Canadian Royal Crown]]
File:Crown of Saint Edward (Heraldry).svg|Monarch: [[St Edward's Crown]]
File:Imperial Crown (Heraldry).svg|Monarch: [[Imperial State Crown|Imperial Crown]] (medieval)
File:Coronet of the British Heir Apparent.svg|Heir Apparent
File:Coronet of a Child of the Sovereign.svg|Child of a Sovereign
File:Coronet of a Child of the Heir Apparent.svg|Child of Heir Apparent
File:Coronet of a Grandchild of the Sovereign.svg|Grandchild of a Sovereign{{efn|Currently, besides the grandchildren of the present King Charles III, the living grandchildren of a former sovereign are granted the privilege to use the crown of a Sovereign's Grandchild.}}
File:Coronet of a Child of a Daughter of the Sovereign.svg|Child of daughter of a Sovereign, if styled [[Highness]]
File:Coronet of a British Duke.svg|Duke
File:Coronet of a British Marquess.svg|Marquess
File:Coronet of a British Earl.svg|Earl
File:Coronet of a British Viscount.svg|Viscount
File:Coronet of a British Baron.svg|Peerage Baron/Lord of Parliament (Scotland)
File:Cap of Maintenance.svg|Feudal Baron (Scotland)
File:Military Coronet of a Loyalist.svg|Loyalist military coronet (Canada)
File:Civil Coronet of a Loyalist.svg|Loyalist civil coronet (Canada)
File:Crown of a British King of Arms.svg|King of Arms ([[College of Arms]])
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