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by Santiago Dotor
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On Friday 16th March 2001, the Spanish government approved the design of the new guidon for the Prince of Asturias, Felipe de Borbón, next King of Spain.
José Carlos Alegría, 17 March 2001
Royal Decree 284/2001 of 16th March 2001, published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE, Official State Bulletin) of 17th March 2001, pp. 9936 and 9937, available online at the BOE website, with two TIFF files (first and second pages) containing the full text (and images) of the Decree:
MINISTERIO DE LA PRESIDENCIAThe newspaper article quoted below is wrong in several points. The system of marks of cadency was certainly devised by the Spanish Hapsburgs (Austrias), but actually this happened late during Charles II's reign. Him being the last Hapsburg king of Spain, the system was never used in practice. For example, the standard used by King John Charles I while he was Prince of Spain until 1975 (not Prince of Asturias), was identical to his current standard except for the crown being a prince's one (having four instead of eight arches).
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REAL DECRETO 284/2001, de 16 de marzo, por el que se crea el guión y el estandarte de Su Alteza Real el Príncipe de Asturias, y se modifica el Reglamento de Banderas y Estandartes, Guiones, Insignias y Distintivos, aprobado por Real Decreto 1511/1977, de 21 de enero.
The article also says that this is the first time in Spanish royal heraldry that the field on which the arms are set is not the Bourbons' blue. There are several mistakes in that sentence: