The arms on the second Great Seal of Richard I, used by his successors until 1340: Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or.

The new art of Heraldry made it possible for families and even individual family members to have their very own coat of arms, including all England descendants.The present arms do not include a represention of the United Kingdom's fourth constituent country, Wales, primarily because the country was conquered by England by 1283 and later formed an integral part of the Kingdom of England. The current royal arms originated in the arms of the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland, both adopted in the twelfth century.

The arms of Richard I are only known from two armorial seals, and hence the tinctures can not be determined. The current motto, Dieu et mon droit ("God and my right"), was first adopted by Henry V, but did not become standardised until 1714. The arms worn by England cricket team, the national football team removed the original crown to distinguish it from the cricket team in 1949.The lion alludes to one of the Duchess's ancestors, the Welsh knight Elystan Glodrydd, prince of Ferrig. Our promise to you - you can’t lose – join today and if you receive less points back from purchases than the fee you have paid for your membership for 12 months, we will give you the difference back in points.

At talkSPORT we are powered by fans, so come and join us for the ultimate World Cup fan experience this winter - at the talkSPORT Fan Zone. In the past, the monarch's younger sons used various differences; and married daughters of the monarch impaled the plain royal arms with their husbands' arms. Richard I (1189–1199) used a single lion rampant, or perhaps two lions affrontés, on his first Great Seal of England, [19] but later used three lions passant in his 1198 Great Seal.

It is also used in The British Overseas Territories, namely on all acts of the Anguilla House of Assembly and by the administrations of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, the Pitcairn Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The blazon, or formal heraldic description, is Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure.