File:Coat of Arms of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.svg

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'’’Coat of Arms of Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, Empress of India from 1936 – 1952’’’, (born 1900) granted in 1936 after the accession of her husband Albert, Duke of York as King George VI. The Queen continued to use the coat of arms as ‘’’Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother’’’ until her death in 2002.

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The Royal arms, impaling, quarterly, First and Fourth, Argent, a lion rampant Azure armed and langued Gules within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the second (For Lyon); Second and Third, Ermine, three bows, strings palewise Proper (For Bowes), the whole surrounded by the Garter; for a Crest, the imperial crown Proper; for Supporters, dexter a lion rampant guardant Or, imperially crowned Proper, sinister, a lion per fess Or and Gules; in the compartment below the shield, with the Union rose, shamrock and thistle engrafted on the same stem.

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PINCHES, J.H & R.V., The Royal Heraldry of England, 1974, Heraldry Today.

Date

20 July 2010

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(Scotland)
The Duchess of York (1923-1936)

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current	19:08, 28 September 2022	512 × 452 (1.19 MB)	Sodacan	File size
	12:47, 11 September 2022	1,530 × 1,350 (2.51 MB)	Sodacan	new elements
	20:44, 13 May 2011	1,530 × 1,350 (2.79 MB)	Sodacan	compartment fix
	22:42, 12 May 2011	1,530 × 1,350 (2.8 MB)	Sodacan	Change escutcheon
	10:46, 13 January 2011	1,530 × 1,350 (2.72 MB)	Sodacan	minor adjustment
	10:41, 13 January 2011	1,530 × 1,350 (2.76 MB)	Sodacan	Change lion head
	23:41, 3 November 2010	1,530 × 1,350 (2.71 MB)	Sodacan	decrease file size
	09:07, 28 August 2010	1,530 × 1,430 (3.09 MB)	Sodacan	minor alterations
	23:53, 19 July 2010	1,530 × 1,430 (3.01 MB)	Sodacan	{{Information \|Description='’’Coat of Arms of Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon, Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, Empress of India from 1936 – 1952’’’, (born 1900) granted in 1936 after the accession of her h