Royal Cypher
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The Royal Cypher is the personal monogram or emblem of a reigning British monarch, typically combining their initials and royal title beneath a crown, and used as an official symbol on uniforms, badges, and government property.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Royal Cypher canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
emblem
ⓘ
monogram ⓘ royal symbol ⓘ |
| appliesTo | reigning monarch ⓘ |
| changesOn | accession of new monarch ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| follows | accession of monarch ⓘ |
| governsUseBy | royal prerogative ⓘ |
| hasDesignElement | stylized crown above letters ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | Commonwealth realms where British monarch is head of state ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| hasPart |
initials of monarch
ⓘ
royal crown ⓘ royal title ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official insignia of the Crown ⓘ |
| predecessorExample |
ER II for Queen Elizabeth II
ⓘ
Royal Cypher of King George VI ⓘ
surface form:
GR VI for King George VI
|
| relatedTo |
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Arms of the United Kingdom
Royal Standard of the United Kingdom ⓘ Royal monogram ⓘ |
| successorExample | C III R for King Charles III ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
authority of the monarch
ⓘ
reign of the monarch ⓘ |
| timeInForce | duration of monarch’s reign ⓘ |
| usedBy |
British government departments
ⓘ
British monarch ⓘ British Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form:
armed forces of the United Kingdom
police forces in the United Kingdom ⓘ royal household ⓘ |
| usedIn |
court and governmental seals
ⓘ
insignia of certain orders of chivalry ⓘ insignia of royal cypher-bearing regiments ⓘ signage of royal residences ⓘ |
| usedOn |
badges
ⓘ
government property ⓘ military equipment ⓘ official documents ⓘ police equipment ⓘ post boxes ⓘ public buildings ⓘ royal household property ⓘ state regalia ⓘ uniforms ⓘ |
| usesAbbreviation | R meaning Rex or Regina ⓘ |
| variesWith | individual monarch ⓘ |
| writtenForm |
combination of monarch’s initials and regnal number
ⓘ
followed by letter R for Rex or Regina ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Royal Cypher Description of subject: The Royal Cypher is the personal monogram or emblem of a reigning British monarch, typically combining their initials and royal title beneath a crown, and used as an official symbol on uniforms, badges, and government property.
Referenced by (2)
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