From Richard I to Edward III the royal arms were Gules (red), with three lions passant guardant in pale gold.Arms of The Prince of Wales:
Edward III quatrered the arms of France in token of his claim to the French Throne. Henry IV reduced the number of fleurs-de-lis in the French qurters to three. This France and England quarterly arangment remained the royal arms until the end of Elizabeth I's reign.
With the accession of the Stuarts, the arms of Scotland and Ireland were introduced. William III added on his paternal arms of Nassau, which were impaled on a separete, smaller shield.
At the union of England and Scotland, the arms of the two countires were impaled in the first quarter, and the accession of the Hanoverians led to the arms of Hanover being placed on the fourth quarter. The arms of France were omitted in 1801, and those of Hanover when Queen Victoria came to the Throne, the Royal arms then assumed their present form.
Located in quarter 1 & 4 is the shield representing England, which is a shield field of Gules (red) with three lions passant guardant in pale gold. Quarter 2 is the shield of Scotland, which is a shield field of Gold with a lion rampant gules (red) armed and langued (claws and tunge) azure (black), within a double tressure flory counter-flory gules (red) frame.
The Arms of The Prince of Wales are those of the Royal Arms with a white mark of cadency (label - indicating first born) at the top. Impaled on the royal arms is the shield of the Principality of Wales. This shield is in four quarters.Arms of The Princess of Wales:Located in quarter 1 & 4 is a field of Gold with a lion passant in Gules (red). In quarter 2 & 3 is a field of Gules (red) with a lion passant in Gold. The Prince Of Wales (also called the Heir Apparent) has a Heraldic Bagde. His badge consitis of three white Ostrich feathers, a jeweled coronet and the motto "Ich Dien" on a blue ribbon trimed with gold.
The Arms of the Princes of Wales are those of the Prince of Wales with her own marshalled with his. The shield is split in half and the Dexter Side (left side) is the Arms of the Prince of Wales. The Sinister Side (or right side) are the Arms of the Princess of Wales.The Arms of the Princess are those of her father's. In Diana's case, she bore the arms of the Earl of Spencer.
The unified arms of the Princess of Wales is shown bellow in flag form.
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