New Cyphers

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have chosen their respective cyphers to be used on all official communication.

In each cypher the “C” stands for Charles and Camilla respectively. Charles has the added III to denote that he is indeed the third King Charles to sit on the throne of Great Britain. In each case the “R” denotes their royal standing with the “R” in Charles’ cypher standing for Rex which means King in Latin and in Camilla’s it stands for Regina which means Queen in Latin.

This is the cypher King Charles III has selected:

This will be Queen Camilla’s cypher:

While they may have positions none of us will ever hold, they are in fact still also “regular people” as we are and as can be seen in the photo of them above. And though we may never hold a royal title, any of us can also have lovely stationary with our own monograms on them to personalize our written correspondence. While e-mail and text messages are now more common than ever before, who doesn’t love to receive a beautiful hand written note in the mail?

With the holidays around the corner, and gift ideas looming large for loved ones and friends on our gift lists, some personalized stationary might be just the thing you’re looking for to give to someone special. Here are some examples:

With your choice of ink and paper colors, Amazon has a nice selection for under $25:

And also from ETSY:

Anyone can feel like a King or Queen, or Prince or Princess when given such lovely stationary. And just maybe you need to order some for yourself as well to send those you love a note of thanks or congratulations, or a word of encouragement. A handwritten note from someone we love is a treasure to be sure. Happy corresponding 🙂