Royal cypher Royal cypher In modern heraldry, a royal cypher is a monogram-like device of a country's reigning sovereign, typically consisting of the initials of the monarch's name and title, sometimes interwoven and often surmounted by a crown. Where such a cypher is used by an emperor or empress, it is called an "imperial cypher". In the system used by various Commonwealth realms, the title is abbreviated as "R" for "rex" or "regina" (Latin for "king" and "queen"). Previously, "I" stood for "imperator" or "imperatrix" (Latin words for "emperor" and "empress") of India. The cypher is displayed on some government buildings, impressed
Queen mother under Maria II of Portugal, Catherine of Austria under Sebastian of Portugal, Musbah bint Nasser under Hussein of Jordan, and Marie of Edinburgh under Michael I of Romania. The East Asian counterpart of Queen grandmother is called Grand empress dowager. Hold a similar role as mothers or fathers of their country's reigning monarchs: Queen mother A queen mother is a dowager queen who is the mother of the reigning monarch (or an empress mother in the case of an empire). The term has been used in English since at least 1560. It arises in hereditary monarchies in Europe and is