In the section regarding same-sex marriages, it says:
(1) A man who contracts a same-sex marriage may impale the arms of his husband with his own on a shield or banner but should bear his own crest rather than the crests of both parties. The coat of arms of each party to the marriage will be distinguishable (1) by the arms of the individual concerned being placed on the dexter side of the shield or banner and (2) by the crest (when included). When one of the parties to the marriage dies, the survivor may continue to bear the combined arms on a shield or banner.
(2) (pertains to women)
(3) A married man will continue to have the option of bearing his own arms alone.
I don't think it's wrong to assume that a man in a heterosexual marriage has the same rights: either use the impaled arms or his individual arms.
Since they upgraded to the proper coronet rather than use the one used while QEII was alive, it could be that they contacted somebody who knows about heraldry and told them they could either use a setup similar to William and Catherine's or simply use the impaled arms with the coronet.
Since their fan base, such as it is, is predominantly American, either version is going to appear pretentious. They may have been better advised to have used their joint cypher, which the media would have referred to as a monogram.
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