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The coat of arms of the United Kingdom, also referred to as the royal arms, are the arms of dominion of the British monarch, currently Charles III. [1] They are used by the Government of the United Kingdom and by other Crown institutions, [2] including courts in the United Kingdom and in some parts of the Commonwealth.
The royal arms of England featuring as the royal banner. When the royal arms take the form of an heraldic flag, it is variously known as the Royal Banner of England, [27] the Banner of the Royal Arms, [28] the Banner of the King (Queen) of England, [29] [30] or by the misnomer the Royal Standard of England.
The Royal Arms of Great Britain from 1714 to 1800, with crest, supporters and motto. The version used in Scotland is shown on the right. The coat of arms of Great Britain was the coat of arms used by the monarchs of the Kingdom of Great Britain , which existed from 1707 to 1801.
Coat of arms of the Crown of Aragon (historical) Coat of arms of the Kingdom, Crown and Historical Region of Castile (historical) Coat of arms of the Kingdom and Historical Region of León (historical) Coat of arms of Sri Lanka; Coat of arms of Sweden; Coat of arms of Switzerland; Coat of arms of Syria; Coat of arms of Tanzania; Emblem of Thailand
Possible arms of Henry II. King Henry I of England was said to have given a badge decorated with a lion to his son-in-law Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, and some have interpreted this as a grant of the lion arms later seen on his funerary enamel, but the first documented royal coat of arms appear on the Great Seal of Richard I, where he is depicted on horseback with a shield containing ...
The coat of arms rarely appears in isolation in royal or government contexts, as the arms of the United Kingdom are used instead. One exception is the royal banner —the arms in flag form—which can be used by some high-ranking representatives of the monarch in Scotland; this includes the First Minister of Scotland in their capacity as Keeper ...
The Coat of Arms of France impaled with the Coat of Arms of England. 1554 – 1558: Royal Banner of Queen Mary I: The Coat of Arms of Habsburg Spain impaled with the Coat of Arms of England. 1603 – 1689 1702 – 1707: Royal Standard of the House of Stuart, used first by James VI and I
Vermandois coat of arms, the oldest known, circa 1115, adopted for a county that had been ruled by the last Carolingians. The origin of coats of arms is the invention, in medieval western Europe, of the emblematic system based on the blazon, which is described and studied by heraldry.