Regent colours

["Russ Lamb" <>]

Peter,
        My understanding is that when an English monarch died and his/her 
successor was a child (ie a minor too young to rule in his/her own right), a 
regent was appointed (?by Parliament,?House of Lords) to make decisions 
usually made by a monarch. To distinguish the regent from all the other 
lords, nobles, hangers-on in the royal court he exclusively wore garments of 
black and gold. So the combination of those two colours created the 
association with the word "regent".
Russ Lamb, Maleny,SEQ