The coat of Arms of Prince Charles that was put on a coin back in 1969
This coat of arms says "I the black prince serve the red dragon", that is in both latin and pictures.
It has the head of a lion, body of a leopard and feet of a bear.
The Lion is above the crown meaning he is above the church in England. You also have the little horn, the eyes of a man and the white horse chained to the dragon.
In the center you have ten lions and one lion rising up to strike down the three.
Coat of arms of the Prince of Wales
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Not to be confused with
Royal Badge of Wales.
Coat of Arms of William, Prince of Wales
Versions
Escutcheon of the
Prince of Wales (2022–present)
Adopted 8 September 2022
Crest Upon the royal helm the coronet of the Heir Apparent, thereon a lion statant guardant Or crowned with the coronet of the Heir Apparent
Blazon Quarterly: first and fourth, Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale Or (England); second, Or, a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counterflory Gules (Scotland); third, Azure, a harp Or stringed Argent (Ireland)
Supporters Dexter a lion rampant guardant Or imperially crowned proper, sinister a unicorn Argent, armed, crined and unguled Or, gorged with a coronet Or composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lys a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also Or
Order(s) Order of the GarterOther elements The whole differenced by a plain label of three points Argent, as the eldest child of the sovereign
The
coat of arms of the Prince of Wales is the official
heraldic insignia of the
Prince of Wales, a title traditionally granted to the
heir apparent of the
reigning monarch of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, formerly the
Kingdom of Great Britain and before that the
Kingdom of England.
The
coat of arms devised for
Charles III, then Prince of Wales, in 1958, were the same as his granduncle,
Edward VIII, had used as prince of Wales since 1911 (see below for references), and contained the badges and elements taken from all four of the
constituent countries of the United Kingdom as well as from the many
titles the prince holds as
heir apparent. These arms lapsed when Charles became king.
William, Prince of Wales currently uses the arms with the plain white label of an heir apparent without the additional badges and elements used by his father and previous generations to denote the title of prince of Wales. Since
Edward I awarded it to his son the future
Edward II, the heir apparent to the English throne has been created with the title Prince of Wales. William was so created by
Charles III on the 2nd day of his reign. The English
College of Arms has yet to assign William, and Charles III has yet to settle on William by
royal warrant, a version of the royal arms that depicts elements of his title as prince of Wales.
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The history of the coat of arms is closely linked with those of the
Royal coat of arms of England and the
Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom. However, as the noted antiquarian and heraldist
Charles Boutell wrote in 1863, "The Arms of the Prince of Wales have a distinct individuality of their own, with which nothing ought to be directly associated".
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