Honorary Grant of Arms?

Question

In England the College of Arms makes grants of "Honorary" Arms to citizens of the United States. What is diffrent about these "Honorary" grants of arms and the ones that are normally granted to british subjects in England?

Answer 1

A citizen of the United States can not use the title of "Sir","Lady",or "Dame," and are not dubbed.

http://www.royal.gov/uk/output/Page4877.... goes into more details.

Answer 2

the same difference between a monarchy and a republic I suppose

Answer 3

Who cares? If you are of European decent then look into your family past and you will almost certainly find someone who had a Coat of Arms.....no one cares unless you have money to go with it and then they really only care about the money.

Answer 4

British honours awarded to non-commonwealth citizens are honorary (and in some cases even to Commonwealth citizens). It means that if the individual is awarded a knighthood he is not entitled to used the prefix "Sir" but can add the letters "KBE" after his name. If the individual later gain British Citizenship he can apply to have the Knighthood "upgraded" and then use the title . The last person to do this was Sir Terry Wogan.