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normaly for a woman, the arms should be on a diamond-shaped (as the card suit) shield.--Marc Pasquin 20:19, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

I thought so too, but when I checked the personal arms of actual members of the Greek dynasty, the Princesses retained a full shield. So I'm wondering if the diamond-shape is an idiosyncrasy of western european heraldry? What do you think? Zahir 20:33, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

My recollection is that ruling women use the shield, women who are members of aristocratic families with no ruling titles of their own use the diamond/lozenge. Queen Elizabeth *here* uses a shield, not a diamond, for example. Benkarnell 21:39, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

The arms I looked up were those of Greek Princesses, not reigning Queens. And Christiana of course is the Queen Consort of Muntenia. Don't know if that makes things clearer or not. Zahir 03:03, 2 August 2008 (UTC)