These aiguillettes should not be confused with lanyards, which are cords also worn from the shoulder (or around the neck), but do not have the pointed aiguillette tips and are usually of fibre rather than gold or silver wire, and often not braided.
The 'City of Brotherly Love' is known as Philadelphia in  Pennsylvania. In 1682. William Penn established this city as the  capital of Pennsylvania. The city's name is derivâ¦ed from the two  Greek words 'philos' meaning loving and 'adelphos' that means  brother.
Shunning the spotless beaches of the Maldives and the scented bazaars of Marrakech, the French leader and his ex-model have gone to Verona. Of course, it sounds wonderfully romantic. Verona is, after all, supposed to be the capital of love, the city of Romeo and Juliet. Its main square is even called Piazza Bra. But as those of us who have been to Verona recently well know, the reality is very different.