Rafal Heydel-Mankoo

Rafal Heydel-Mankoo

Rafal Heydel-Mankoo (born 1 June 1976, London) comments on royal affairs in the Canadian media and is an expert on heraldry, aristocracy and the British honours system. He was born in the United Kingdom and educated in Canada.Campbell, Murray, "Her Majesty's loyal spin doctor The Monarchist League of Canada admits it has suffered in the past decade as the Royal Family showed it could be as dysfunctional as any other. But John Aimers believes it's time for a comeback", "Globe and Mail", October 21, 1999] After the war his father's family settled in British East Africa (modern day Kenya), where, along with Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and South Africa, many Polish landowners settled after the Second World War. [Jacek Kozak, "Polacy w Kanadzie" ("Who's Who of Polish Canadians"), Biogram Publishing, Mississauga 2006] Heydel-Mankoo is a dual national, holding both British and Canadian citizenship and is now primarily resident in the United Kingdom.

He has been the "Royal correspondent" for the Canadian morning news show "Canada AM" [Camilla may become Queen after all, "Canada AM", March 22, 2005] [Queen not to attend wedding of her son Prince Charles, "Canada AM", February 23, 2005] and CTV Newsnet [Prince Harry Will Go To Iraq, "CTV Newsnet", April 30, 2007] and has provided live television commentary for events including the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, the funeral of the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the Concert for Diana and recent royal marriages.

Heydel-Mankoo is an editor of Burke's Peerage & Gentry [Fionnuala Bourke, "Stop lording it up, says earl", "Daily Mercury", August 1, 2004] and has appeared as an expert before the British House of Commons Select Committee tasked with studying reform of the British Honours System. [Eleanor Cowie, "MPs call for an end to empire in shake-up of honours", "The Herald", July 14, 2004] . He was the deputy editor and co-author of Burke's World Orders of Knighthood and Merit [ [http://www.boydell.co.uk/worldbiog.htm World Orders of Knighthood and Merit ] ] . The grandson of Baron Adam Heydel and HSH Princess Karolina Jablonowska (see Jablonowski), he is also an expert on Polish nobility and is the author of "The Titled Families of Poland". [Chris Horan, "A family tree for the Czartoryski family (Czartoryska for female members) shows that Prince...", "Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph", March 5, 2002]

For his work educating Canadians about the role and function of the Crown and the Monarchy, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002. [ [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/index_e.asp?results=1&Lastname=Heydel-Mankoo&Firstname=&City=&Province=&TypeID=jubilee&CanInt=&npp=25 Database search] ] . He is also a Knight of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George. [ [http://www.constantinianorder.org/english/prom_admissions_200502.html NEWS - Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George ] ]

Heydel-Mankoo is the former Ottawa Branch Chairman for the Monarchist League of Canada and a past director of the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada [Rafal Heydel-Mankoo, "Up in arms", "National Post", December 27, 2000] . He is a Trustee of the Canadian Royal Heritage Trust [ [http://www.crht.ca/TheTrust.html Friends and Directory of the Canadian Royal Heritage Trust ] ] , a Council Member of the Royal Stuart Society [ [http://www.royalstuartsociety.com/activities.html Activities ] ] , a Committee Member of the International Churchill Society [ [http://winstonchurchill.org/files/public/FinestHour127.pdf FH 127q5 ] ] and a Commissioner of the International Commission for Orders of Chivalry. [ [http://www.icocregister.org/patronsandmembers.htm Patrons and Members ] ] He studied history and law at the University of Ottawa, graduating with a B.A.(Hons) and an LL.B., before completing a master's degree in history at the University of Toronto.

External links

* [http://www.bloggingyoungfogey.blogspot.com/ Heydel-Mankoo's personal blog "Reflections of a Young Fogey"]
* [http://www.geocities.com/polishnobles/ Almanach de Polska]

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