<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> A crown is often an emblem of the sovereign state, a monarch's government, or items endorsed by it; see The Crown . Crowns may also be used by some republics . </P> <P> A specific type of crown (or coronet for peerage in the British Isles) is employed in heraldry under strict rules . Indeed, some monarchies never had a physical crown, just a heraldic representation, as in the constitutional kingdom of Belgium . </P>

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