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Since the royal cypher of Charles III has been recently revealed, should the crown in the UK coat of arms (outside Scotland) be changed to reflect this? Under Elizabeth II, the St Edward's Crown was used as the symbol of the Crown across the Commonwealth realms as seen in numerous government emblems, badges, uniforms, mailboxes, etc. Prior to her reign, the Tudor Crown was in use in both the royal cyphers and the coats of arms of the monarchs before her. Now, the Tudor Crown has replaced the St Edward's Crown in the royal cypher of Charles III. I hope that this will not be misconstrued as a call to immediately change the crown in the coat of arms but as a starting point in considering what we should do about it. 103.196.139.123 (talk) 05:27, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The form of stylised Crown used in His Majesty’s cypher is what is sometimes termed a ‘Tudor Crown’ and differs from the stylised Crown used by the late Queen Elizabeth II which, with its higher and dipping arches, was closer in form to St Edward’s Crown. It is envisaged that the form of the Crown seen in the new cypher will be adopted as the form used in representations of the Royal Arms and in Military and Crown Badges in the new reign.
If the new 50 pence coin is anything to go by, Charles is retaining the Gaelic harp in place of the more ornate one in the older coats of arms. TheCurrencyGuy (talk) 00:10, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Would the arms of His Majesty’s Government even need to be changed? The only example I can find of the proposed version is by the London Gazette pre-Elizabeth II. I only mention this as I just watched a Pathé video of Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mum) launching Queen Elizabeth (the ship) in 1938. On the banner just hanging in front of Her Majesty seemed to be the coat of arms with a St Edward’s Crown, not Tudor. I can’t think of anywhere else I might find usages of the Government arms as opposed to royal, with the seventy year time span making it difficult. Of course we shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves, but I nonetheless found it worth noting. --Estar8806 (talk) 03:40, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I also saw this and think this is the most official indication yet. I don't know if Sodacan could make a version that resembles the one in the Royal Charter. It would be the HM Government version above with the ornate harp of Northern Ireland. Gualtherus (talk) 07:54, 7 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
An indented paragraph of the blazon is attributed to Brooke-Little's edition of Boutell's Heraldry, 1978. I happen to have that same edition, and cannot find that literal paragraph anywhere in the chapter cited (pp 205–222), though of course each of its components is there; so the quotation format is misleading. —Tamfang (talk) 19:20, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
New Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2023)
There has been no announcement that there will be a reversion to the 1837 coat of arms. It has been announced that the depiction of the Crown (outside of Scotland) is changing from St Edward's Crown to the Tudor Crown, however images released so far have continued to use the 1952 harp. For example, see here. Unless there are further announcements then the escutcheon will stay the same as the current (1952-) version. As the arms used in Scotland already used the Crown of Scotland there will be no changes to the Scottish version of the arms. Ebonelm (talk) 22:13, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Because the coat of arms in more than one article has been replaced with the 1837 version I suggest that the 1952 version should continue to be used until the new coat of arms is officially published. 61.216.108.177 (talk) 03:48, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
On all of the other articles, they have been reverted back to the 1952 version as there were no reliable sources that verified that the coat of arms changed to the 1837 version. Wikipedia articles and what other editors say, are not reliable sources. DDMS123 (talk) 17:52, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with you probably only the crown on the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom will be replaced, the 1952 version of the harp will probably continue to be used. 61.216.108.177 (talk) 03:51, 28 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The new crown was used on letters patent granting city states at some point early this year or last year. It is also in use on the invitation to the King's and Queen's coronation. I imagine it's just a matter of us waiting for a graphic to be produced. I don't know generally does that (I think @Sodacan does some of that). Estar8806 (talk) 22:55, 4 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It will not be the 1837 version. It will be the 1952 version simply with St Edward's Crown replaced by a Tudor one. The 1837 version contains a more ornate harp and a different compartment to the 1952 one, and it seems that King Charles has opted to retain the latter. Estar8806 (talk) 21:28, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I have prepared a new variant consisting of the 1952 arms with the Tudor crown. I would like to request permission to update the main file. I intend to reupload the existing file as "Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1952-2022).svg". Valethske (talk) 03:10, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps our present names for the two versions of the arms should be changed, as it does appear Victoria used an older heraldic version of St Edward's Crown. However, I have not found any evidence of Elizabeth II using the more ornate harp (save for on the royal standard), further it seems as though her father didn't even use the ornate harp, or at least rarely used it.
Nonetheless, that's not the point of this discussion. Either way, both of those prior arms are incorrect for one reason or another. Estar8806 (talk) 20:03, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. The focus of the current discussion is the new version of the coat of arms in 2023. The name part will temporarily use the old one in the absence of a better name. Later, we can discuss how to adjust the name part. 2401:E180:8850:CA11:490:D128:5D22:C047 (talk) 05:21, 7 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
You guys are never gonna believe this! I just found on commons.wikimedia.org the new RCoA for King Charles in svg and it's beautiful! It was uploaded by this user, Colohisto.
Understand, but I still think it would be better to directly replace the file on the (File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.svg) page, so that there is no need to update so many pages, including wikipedia in other languages. 2401:E180:8843:AACA:915A:5438:7F95:E054 (talk) 09:07, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it seems logical to raise it there. Though I think it might be a better idea to eventually rename the old file "Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1952-2022)" and the new one to simply "Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom". It seems unlikely it will revert to the "Queen's Crown" version in any of our lifetimes (its probably going to be at least 60 years) so won't cause enormous issues in the long run. Valethske (talk) 09:14, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I think it is very difficult to directly modify the file on the (File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.svg) page because too many articles currently use this file. So I think you can refer to (File: Badge of the House of Windsor.svg) example to modify. 2401:E180:8845:5031:E5E6:751:C1CC:920B (talk) 09:46, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
In theory, it is so, but it cannot be ruled out that the possibility of changing the coat of arms again after William becomes king.
I don't quite know why those arms use the more ornate harp. William would not use the ornate harp as they are not his arms, he would use whatever the reigning sovereign's arms are with some form of difference. The arms on his article presently use the more modern harp.
If he opts to use the more ornate harp on his accession, which almost certainly will not happen considering his more modern style, then it may be changed. For now, that's not a concern. Any discussions regarding changes in the name of the files should take place on Commons anyway, not here. Estar8806 (talk) 17:04, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I mean this possibility is not ruled out. If this situation really happens, we have to replace the file for each article (? I personally think that the update of the coat of arms only needs to be updated on one main page instead of all articles Replace the picture on the. 2401:E180:8883:D736:262F:4799:1A85:3A98 (talk) 18:07, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
At present, the pictures used in many articles have been replaced. If the subsequent coat of arms is updated, which main file should we update, or should we replace all the picture addresses on the revised articles? I think To update images you should only use one main file instead of splitting into two as currently. 2401:E180:8883:D736:262F:4799:1A85:3A98 (talk) 18:16, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I think we should update the current main document directly after the same discussion in two different places has a consensus.
There's also the question of the Scottish version. I haven't heard of or seen any official changes being made, but I assume that St Edward's Crown on the Scottish version will also be replaced with the Tudor.--Estar8806 (talk) 03:11, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I've been checking examples of the arms in Scotland on Commons, and it appears that almost all depictions of the Royal Arms in Scotland use the Tudor Crown exclusively.
A depiction of the Royal Arms in Scotland from the 1990s in which all the heraldic beasts (and the crest) use the Tudor Crown
The Tudor Crown can be distinguished from the Crown of Scotland even in highly stylized form because of the placing of the fleur-de-lis and cross pattee (cross pattee in the centre on the Tudor Crown, fleur-de-lis in the centre on the Crown of Scotland). Valethske (talk) 05:03, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
You can compare it with this picture, the crown seems to be in the wrong position.
It seems the Wiki versions of the arms are a bit WP:OR. There does not seem to be a precise fixed version, but the majority of 20th century examples appear to use the Tudor crown. Valethske (talk) 11:50, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Again, these are all almost certainly stylizations of the Crown of Scotland. St Edward's Crown and the Tudor Crown have never been used exclusively on the Scottish arms, they've always been paired with the Crown of Scotland. On at least the first two you can tell it's the Crown of Scotland and not the Tudor Crown nor St Edward's Crown as the arches touch the velvet of the Crown, which stylisations of St Edward's or Tudor do not. Estar8806 (talk) 14:50, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Do you have any examples to prove your assertion? I would be genuinely interested to see. Not even the most extreme stylization would change the placing of the fleur-de-lis on the crown. Valethske (talk) 15:35, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
A quick search of Commons shows that the Tudor and St. Edward's crowns are commonly portrayed with the arches touching the velvet.
Look very closely, particularly at the corners for st Edward and you will see the arches are not actually touching the velvet. Except perhaps with the victorian era ones you've cited. I'm not wholly familiar with those arms. Estar8806 (talk) 16:21, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm almost certain that's still supposed to be the Crown of Scotland. Even if it is portrayed wrong, I have never seen a Scottish variant of the arms use the crown used by the rest of the UK exclusively (as in, having St Edward's Crown placed on the heads of both the supporters and atop the shield). I've sen it done like that before, I can't recall where though. Estar8806 (talk) 14:46, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Do a google search, see if you can find a single version where the same crown is used in all three places that is not the crown of scotland, it does not exist. In scotland, the Crown of Scotland is used, except on the Lion where the respective crown of england is used, though not exclusively. Estar8806 (talk) 16:17, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
You can also look at our standard stylizations for St Edward's Crown, the Tudor Crown and the Crown of Scotland, the former two do not touch the velvet and the latter does. Estar8806 (talk) 22:57, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I am not even sure what you are trying to say. One of those examples is exactly the thing I was complaining about: a Wiki original piece that may be OR. Valethske (talk) 00:22, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not certain why you would think they're OR, they've been uncontested for well over a decade. My point is, the Tudor Crown wasn't used in Scotland during the reign of Elizabeth II. You can clearly tell because the Crown used in the arms of the greater United Kingdom is never used on all three places in the Scottish version of the arms. Estar8806 (talk) 00:27, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I decided to compare them to actual renditions of the arms that can be seen in real life. I gave multiple examples where the same crown was used, Valethske (talk) 00:31, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I should've been more clear. There are versions where the Crown of Scotland is used exclusively in all three spots, such as the logo for the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland c:File:Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland logo.png, but the Tudor Crown and St Edward's Crown are only ever used on the head of the lion in the Scottish version of the arms. Estar8806 (talk) 00:37, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Understand, I just want to say that Wikipedia in other languages can also be updated at the same time. It will be a big project to import this picture into Wikipedia in other languages (many articles will have to be re-edited). 2401:E180:8803:2034:9397:5336:9F84:9F47 (talk) 14:54, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I lodged the request with Commons, so it will change universally across the site. The "(2022)" annexure on the modern arms can then be dropped. Valethske (talk) 14:57, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The "1837-1952" version of the arms seems to actually be just the 1901-1952 version and wasn't used during Victoria's reign. Victoria's version of the arms used a different crown. I might have to produce a new version for 1837-1901.
Version of the St. Edward's crown used in the 19th century
It was definitely the St. Edward's crown, but the depiction was in a very different style to the 1952 version, so different that I think it would be dishonest to consider them exactly the same. These are heraldic devices afterall, the Tudor Crown for example is not based on any specific extant crown. Valethske (talk) 04:29, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Understand, because I only noticed (1837-1901) that the crown he used was not the Tudor crown when I was watching it, but I didn't further study which crown he used.
This image from the Royal Museums Greenwich suggests otherwise. It shows the combined coat of arms of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, with the Queen's arms surmounted by the Tudor Crown.[1]GandalfXLD (talk) 19:05, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Some editors mentioned that a legal document in the 1840s used St. Edward's crown, but the examples I saw found that some used St. Edward's crown and some used Tudor Crown, which may be the same as 1952-2022 (even if most of the (St. Edward's crown is used, but Tudor Crown is also used in some places). 2401:E180:8840:CA48:3DF9:FE04:FD37:5DDB (talk) 02:00, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
There is a photo showing the coat of arms from 1840.
I think if the Collage of Arms have depicted the coat of arms of Queen Victoria with the Tudor Crown, that is the crown we should go with. GandalfXLD (talk) 20:31, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It’s just that there are many examples of these two crowns. If we only say that 1837-1901 only used Tudor Crown, how should we introduce the cases of using St. Edward’s crown. There are also many cases of using St. Edward’s crown in 1837-1901. 2401:E180:88A1:A80:5E7F:96B8:80D3:18D5 (talk) 04:16, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree. The College of Arms of all people would know which crown to use. I believe the College should be respected and that the Tudor Crown was the official crown during Queen Victoria's reign. GandalfXLD (talk) 18:23, 24 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I agree, this is not a clear depiction of the Tudor Crown which typically has high curved arches, the flattening of the arches much more close;y resembles other depictions of the St Edward's Crown contemporaneous to the period. Ebonelm (talk) 16:07, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Although the coat of arms in the picture of the College of Arms uses the Tudor Crown, we cannot ignore the use of St. Edward's crown between 1837-1901.
There is plenty of evidence to show that St Edward's Crown was used by Queen Victoria see for example the coat of arms used on original copies of legislation passed in 1837, 1882, and 1900. The Tudor Crown was not included on legislation until the reign of King Edward VII, see for example original copies of legislation from 1903. Monarchs from Charles II up to and including Queen Victoria essentially used the St Edward's Crown exclusively. It is also worth remembering that heraldry is an art form and therefore many representations will have not made a conscious effort to depict any particular crown. I am yet to see any compelling evidence that Queen Victoria ever used the Tudor Crown in an official capacity. Ebonelm (talk) 16:07, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
In fact, the evidence mentioned by Gandalf XLD is based on the pictures in the article published by the Academy of Heraldry, as the basis for Queen Victoria using the Tudor crown. I checked some pictures and found that both crowns have been used (I saw example there is another version that is more descriptively a Tudor crown), but I still see St Edward's crown being used more. 112.104.137.38 (talk) 16:40, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
As far as I am aware, GandalfXLD has only shared two images, neither of which show a Tudor Crown. One from the College of Arms (which I presume is what you mean by the "Academy of Heraldry"), which clearly shows a St Edward's Crown, and the other (the joint Queen Victoria/Prince Albert image) in which the crown does not particularly resemble either the Tudor Crown or St Edward's Crown, but which because of the the complete lack of arching still resembles the St Edward's Crown more than the Tudor Crown. Ebonelm (talk) 21:39, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I have recently noticed that on some pages, the wrong coat of arms are used for the time period. This can be seen with the Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act, the Offences Against the Person act, as well as several more, which use the 2022 coat of arms rather than the appropriate versions for the periods the legislation was passed. Does anybody know how to correct this? I'm still fairly new to Wikipedia and couldn't figure out how to do it Ted Jillani (talk) 22:55, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
In the articles for some pieces of legislation, such as the one for the Offences Against the Person act 1861, the coat of arms used is the 2022 version, featuring the 'Tudor' crown and simplified harp. This isn't the correct version for the period when the law was passed. The correct version in this case would be the 1837- 1952 version featuring the winged harp. This isn't the only case, some laws passed between 1952 and 2022 feature the version of the arms with the 'Tudor' crown when St Edward's would be more appropriate. Apologies if I wasn't clear, I don't mean that any of the coats of arms on this page are incorrect. I was hoping that somebody may see my comment here and then correct the coats of arms on the articles where it is incorrect. I would have done it myself however I couldn't figure out how to change the arms. Also, I thought it would be easier to ask here rather than asking separately on the talk pages on each individual page, as there appears to be several that ought to be altered Ted Jillani (talk) 00:32, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It won't change several at once if that's what you mean. I can only assume that the infobox on the template for legislation automatically used the present coat of arms unless otherwise altered? Ted Jillani (talk) 10:12, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm concerned about our present version of the Royal arms of Scotland. Not simply because it includes St Edward's Crown rather than the Tudor Crown, but because I fear it may be incorrect in its usage of either crown. For example, on the royal website the Scottish version of the arms (during the reign of Elizabeth II) is shown [4]. There, it looks to be the same crown on the shield and both supporters. Other files in commons also show the same crown used throughout [5]. Based on this, it seems to me that the heraldic Crown of Scotland is used throughout the Royal arms in Scotland (on the head of the unicorn, the lion and the helmet above the shield). I'm sure there's someone who knows more about Scottish heraldry. Cheers, Estar8806 (talk) 20:30, 14 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It's exactly the same as the previous version. I have nominated it for deletion. The Crown of Scotland is used in the Scottish arms, not St Edward's or Tudor. Celia Homeford (talk) 08:11, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The Scottish version of the Arms should also be updated. I think that the coat of arms should be adjusted according to these examples. In fact, I have not seen any examples of actual use of the currently used pictures. 2401:E180:8864:BDD3:E333:729E:1C96:4309 (talk) 17:04, 20 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That's precisely the point. There doesn't appear to be a difference between the Crowns, the crown on the lion appears to be the same as the crown on the Unicorn and the shield (see the examples cited by Celia Homeford). Looking at the 'official' versions on royal.uk [6], the crown seems to more closely represent the Crown of Scotland than the Tudor Crown or St Edward's Crown. This would make sense, to have the Crown of Scotland on the Scottish version of the royal arms. Estar8806 (talk) 01:15, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
They are both the Royal Arms as used in Scotland, its just the version used by the Government of Scotland does not utilise the full armorial. As there are few high quality official images of the version used in Scotland then I would argue that relying on official versions which clearly depict the item being discussed irrespective of whether they are the full armorial should be relied upon. However if you are not convinced by that argument then a version of the full armorial in higher quality than used in the Blue Book (although still lower quality than than used by the Lord President of the Court of Session) can be found on any Act of the Scottish Parliament. See for example the introduction to the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Act 2022 which shows only the Crown of Scotland being used. Ebonelm (talk) 10:28, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Can you put the Scottish coat of arms with the Tudor crown and the simpler harp first (? Recently, some editors have changed the coat of arms to a version before 1952 because of the crown problem.
This temporary version will be replaced with the new heraldry after the discussion is complete.
I accidentally saw the video of Scotland announcing the succession of Charles III yesterday. The coat of arms is also used in the video. I think I can take a screenshot of the coat of arms in the video as a reference (note: the harp he uses is not the simpler harp in the current coat of arms. ) 2401:E180:8850:8FFB:A9EC:ED0B:A3F8:EB9B (talk) 02:36, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Additionally, for clarity, unlike the version of the Royal Arms used outside of Scotland where there will need to be 1952/53-2022 version and a post-2022 version, in the case of the Royal Arms as used in Scotland no new version as need to be made as there will be no difference between the the depiction of the arms in the reigns of the Elizabeth II and Charles III, rather the existing image will need to be corrected. Ebonelm (talk) 10:34, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The coat of arms outside of Scotland I think the naming method is distinguished by the crown they use, like "File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (Tudor crown).svg" and "File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (St. Edward's Crown).svg”
A previous editor mentioned that the coat of arms with the Tudor crown and the simpler harp may have appeared in the 1940s so I don't think it is accurate to name it the 2022 version. The coat of arms with the St. Edward's crown is as of now (2023) is still appearing in some places, so it cannot be said that it will only be used until 2022. 2401:E180:8853:AB5:1A46:DB02:A371:AB41 (talk) 13:49, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
That is simply not correct. Referring to the Heraldry Society of Scotland, it is abundantly clear that the crown atop the lion is St Edward’s Crown (for the Late Queen).[7] Similarly here, the rendition used in the Court of Session also shows St Edward’s Crown.[8]
In any case, until a change from the established norm from previous monarch’s has been demonstrated, the Tudor crown above the lion should be the version used as it is in-keeping with that norm. ZElsb (talk) 15:21, 20 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
So here's my thoughts after some time of discussion (pinging the registered editors involved, hopefully the IPs will find their ways back here: @Celia Homeford, @Ebonelm, @RicLightning).
The blazon cited by Sodacan when creating the present Scottish coat of arms is as follows:
Quarterly, First and Fourth Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter-flory Gules (for Scotland), Second quarter Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure (for England), Third quarter Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland), the whole surrounded by the Order of the Thistle; for a Crest, upon the Royal helm the imperial crown Proper, a lion sejant affrontée Gules, imperially crowned Or, holding in the dexter paw a sword and in the sinister paw a scepter both erect and Proper, motto ‘In defens’; Mantling Or and ermine; for Supporters, dexter a unicorn Argent armed, crined and unguled Proper, 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, supporting a tilting lance proper flying a banner Azure, a saltire Argent (Cross of Saint Andrew); sinister a lion rampant guardant Or imperially crowned Proper, supporting a tilting lance proper flying a banner Argent, a cross Gules (Cross of Saint George); Motto 'Nemo me impune lacessit' in the compartment below the shield, with the thistle.
From this blazon I take away a few things:
A) The blazon mentions nothing of a crown on the head of the unicorn.
B) The blain refers to the "imperial crown" throughout.
Generally I've only head "imperial crown" to refer to the Tudor Crown. But, as the source was written under Elizabeth II I would consider that would be St Edward's Crown at the time. But of course, the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland and the logo of the Court of Session use the Crown of Scotland.
In short, I think it's best if we do both: have one version with the Crown of Scotland (for use on the United Kingdom page, and one with the Crown of Scotland and/or the Tudor Crown, for use on this page with some form of explanation somewhere to say that both versions may be used. Thoughts? Estar8806 (talk) 04:43, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I am convinced that the Scottish version of the Royal Arms should never use different depictions of the crown in a singular image. The current version of the Royal Arms as used in Scotland is incorrect as it contains three uses of the Crown of Scotland and one of St Edwards Crown in a singular image. Unfortunately the reference used by @Sodacan in creating the current Scottish version is not available online, however it is my understanding that no formal issuing of the Royal Arms as used in Scotland has ever occurred and therefore I am not sure that the text in the reference can be considered anything more than a heraldic description by the author of the text (or by Sodacan describing an image in the book) of what they think the arms should be, rather than a reproduction of the text issuing the armorial. The third image in this link shows an official rendering of the Royal Arms as used in Scotland as drawn by a "Heraldic Writer to the Lyon Court", this image therefore has presumably been drawn in full knowledge of how the arms should be presented and it is clear from this image that all four crowns are drawn the same way. Heraldically speaking, unless otherwise noted any heraldic depiction of a crown is valid (this is what allows the depiction of the crown in the Royal Arms as used outside Scotland to be changed from the St Edwards Crown to the Tudor Crown without a new issuing of arms to occur, and is also one of the reasons why there is so much inconsistency in visual depictions of the crown in physical depictions of the Royal Arms), however the pearls on the cross clearly identify the crown depicted as the Crown of Scotland. Furthermore the Crown of Scotland is clearly used for both supporters in other versions of the Royal Arms as used in Scotland by the UK and Scottish governments. In summary: I would strongly oppose creating any further versions of the Royal Arms as used in Scotland which depicted multiple crowns in a singular image and would strongly support changing the current depiction to have all four crowns be the Crown of Scotland. Ebonelm (talk) 17:55, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Now that we have valid sources to refer to, it should be possible to confirm how the Scottish arms should be updated, but we need to find someone to make the new arms.
I think we should just update the existing heraldry page. Re-opening a new page to upload files is really not effective. Up to now, other languages have not yet completed the update of the heraldry file. 2401:E180:8881:BC5B:84BA:4D9:121D:3D41 (talk) 13:21, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
If possible, I hope to complete the update before May 6th.
(I don't want to add a new coat of arms on a new page, I want to update the coat of arms on the existing page so that other language wikis can also complete the correction of the Scottish coat of arms at the same time.) 2401:E180:8831:9B1A:1B89:F427:CEC1:7D96 (talk) 15:44, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I think the previous updates where we had a new page for the new version of the coat of arms didn't work very well (in other languages wikipedia) (I mean the update speed of wiki articles in other languages is a bit slow, and some pages still use the old coat of arms). 2401:E180:8831:9B1A:1B89:F427:CEC1:7D96 (talk) 15:58, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Ebonelm Thank you for providing that source. It appears as though is used the Crown of Scotland throughout, based on your mention of the pearls on the cross.
I'm hoping that either of our lovely contributors who've made arms in the past could develop this new version. I know @Sodacan was responsible for the original, though perhaps @Colohisto would be able to edit the Scottish version just as they did for the modern English version. Estar8806 (talk) 20:43, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Then, please ask the person who helped to make the new version of the coat of arms to help update the existing file, instead of opening a new page to upload a new file (like the current update method of the new version of the British coat of arms in 2022). Is there a way (?. 2401:E180:8831:9594:46E7:954D:F1A9:655 (talk) 01:49, 3 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
For all those involved, I have put in a request at WP:GL/I for a version of the Royal arms with the Crown of Scotland in all four spots. Hopefully someone will pick it up. Estar8806 (talk) 22:28, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Do you know about the coat of arms from 1837 to 1901? I think someone raised a problem with the use time of the coat of arms. We can also discuss by the way to see if there is really a problem. If there is a problem, we can correct the coat of arms together. 2401:E180:8820:4664:AFB2:856A:A7FD:EDC3 (talk) 17:42, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I just noticed that the file has been updated, and I would like to ask others to confirm whether the new coat of arms is correct. If anyone has research on the coat of arms from 1837-1901, I hope you can participate in the discussion above (Some thoughts on crown variants). 2401:E180:8882:C9CC:6325:A894:D003:5195 (talk) 04:16, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Do the crowns in this file also need to be changed to Scottish crowns (?
If I can add another source, in Simple Heraldry, Cheerfully Illustrated (which has been posted here, p.39), all four crowns in the Scottish version of the royal arms are the same. Those crowns are in turn identical to the depiction of the crowns in the 'outside Scotland' version of the arms on the same page.
Simple Heraldry was compiled by Sir Iain Moncreiffe, Albany Herald at the Lyon Court, and Don Pottiger, herald painter for Lord Lyon and later Islay Herald, so although it's aimed at a general audience and a bit outdated it is a reliable Scottish source. A.D.Hope (talk) 19:30, 10 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I've just completed a rearrange of the article, as the lead was very long and seems to have inadvertently absorbed the description, which in other articles is generally in a distinct section (e.g. the Netherlands).
What this exposed, however, is that the article is not very well-sourced when it comes to arms themselves, either the blazon or general description. I suspect this is because leads are not often fully-sourced. I've added a few basic sources, but they don't cover the full description and therefore leave some key points (e.g. whether the Scottish crown really is the Crown of Scotland) unsupported.
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On a practical level there's no need to include 'royal' when a country has no other coat of arms, and there's equally no need to exclude 'coat of' when all other articles use it. As I don't believe there's any particular reason why the listed articles can't have their titles changed, we should standardise them. A.D.Hope (talk) 16:54, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Makes sense, and I can't think of any reason why the arms need to be designated as "royal" in the title, whether or not they actually are. P Aculeius (talk) 10:50, 15 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support With some hesitation, I would support. The various terminology can be expanded upon on the respective articles. I might even suggest going a step further and say that all articles should be named "Emblem of...", as all coats of arms, seals, and such fall under the umbrella of being an emblem, but that is probably too radical and somewhat impractical. Fry1989eh?14:19, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Update the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (both variants)
I think we should get the "both variants" version updated as well. You know, change the St. Edward's Crown to the Tudor Crown on the England side, and to the Crown of Scotland on the Scotland side. I mean, it's been done on the other royal coat of arms versions. So, why not this version? RicLightning (talk) 21:33, 14 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I think this Scottish coat of arms should preferably be updated to be consistent with other Scottish coats of arms, at least he should not be using St. Edward's Crown currently.
We must have a reliable source to prove that his coat of arms has been changed before we can update the pictures in the article. Without a reliable source, even if a change is made, it will be rolled back by others.
There have been many related cases before, but in the end, in the absence of reliable sources, it was changed back to the old coat of arms of EIIR
Historically the English Lion has always been surmounted by whatever Crown was used by the Sovereign in the rest of the UK, in this case, The Tudor Crown and previously under Queen Elizabeth II, St. Edward's Crown. Personally, I believe the use of the Crown of Scotland on the English Lion is incorrect. GandalfXLD (talk) 08:51, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
This is the reference source on which the current consensus is based.
In all the examples and links given the English Lion is clearly wearing the Tudor Crown. I'm not understanding why it would be the Crown of Scotland. GandalfXLD (talk) 14:52, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Exceptions We have seen quite a few examples, most of which use Scottish crowns.
I just found a picture on the webpage here, Lord Lyon King of Arms - Dr Joseph J. Morrow is an example of actual use .
I found a clearer version of this image, he seems to be using the Scottish Crown.
The Lord Lyon is the head of Scottish Heraldry, him using the Crown of Scotland is expected. He's even permitted to wear a crown that is almost exactly similar to the Crown of Scotland with the Scottish Lion replacing the Cross on its top. GandalfXLD (talk) 14:51, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The Crown used in the coat of arms of the Scottish State Coach is St. Edwards Crown, suggesting that the Scottish version of the Royal Coat of Arms uses whichever crown, St Edwards or Tudor, that the Sovereign prefers. In this case, the Tudor Crown. I've attached a close-up of the coach showing the coat of arms.[1]GandalfXLD (talk) 14:54, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) we have replaced it with Tudor crown
Is there any actual example in the end (?, it seems that some badges still use St. Edward's Crown instead of Tudor crown, and even this article (Coronation Souvenir Guidelines) published by college of Arms gives The example of St. Edward's Crown is not Tudor crown, and royal.uk is still St. Edward's Crown instead of Tudor crown.
I just saw that many websites (gov.uk/Royal.UK) have not replaced the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom with the Tudor crown version. (Coronation Souvenir Guidelines) published by college of Arms 2023 gives The example of St. Edward's Crown is not Tudor crown. 2401:E180:8812:429:9E2F:1433:6C8C:E817 (talk) 17:30, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
So it is wrong to think that the St. Edward's Crown version of the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom will only be used until 2022. And there is no evidence that the Version used by the UK Government has been replaced by the Tudor crown. 2401:E180:8812:429:9E2F:1433:6C8C:E817 (talk) 17:39, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Arms of Queen Victoria in the House of Lords, c. 1847
There's been a bit of back-and forth in the past couple of days about the style of harp used in the arms. I'm therefore opening this discussion to explore the issue.
Heraldically speaking, the harp can be depicted however the artist sees fit so long as the object is still recognisably a harp. This is because heraldry works from a blazon, or written description of a coat of arms, rather than a definitive visual example; as long as a depiction of a coat of arms fits that description heraldic artists have a lot of leeway over the exact style.[1]
Wikipedia tends to use the winged harp for pre-Elizabeth II royal arms and the 'Gaelic' harp otherwise, but this is just our convention based on the prevailing trends of the time. There are examples of Gaelic harps from the reign of Victoria and winged harps from the reign of Elizabeth II. So long as readers are not confused about the above we don't need to show every variation, in the same way we don't show every style of crown which has been used. A.D.Hope (talk) 10:31, 24 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Is this the only picture from 1847(?, and are there other examples(?) that prove that ordinary harps were in use before the 1910s.
I think it is very inappropriate to omit the winged harp part, which makes people think that it has become a normal harp since 1837. I think a picture is necessary, otherwise it is an omission of the version that was mainly used from 1837 to 1952. 2401:E180:8821:A4E1:4C18:B2EB:8D4B:F00E (talk) 02:09, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
There is no '1837–1952 version' of the arms, their blazon hasn't changed from 1837 to the present. The winged style of harp was very common during Victoria's reign, but if you look through the 'Coats of Arms of Queen Victoria' Commons category you'll find a few examples of the Gaelic style. There are other examples, such as Westminster Bridge, and other pre-Elizabeth II examples, such as [11] this example belonging to Mary of Teck. A.D.Hope (talk) 10:24, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I think it is very important to let readers identify the period of heraldry through pictures. It is not just a text introduction. The winged harp coat of arms without the Hanover coat of arms was widely used from 1837 to 1952. , even after 1952 there are still some places still using this.
I disagree. The primary purpose of 'development' table is to show the changes to the blazon, not the stylistic changes which have taken place over the centuries. A.D.Hope (talk) 10:26, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Not everyone can understand this difference through text alone, so I think it is necessary to put pictures for readers to compare (I think we at least provide users with a rough picture, and cannot rely on pure text introduction. ) 2401:E180:8821:9F29:D6A1:5549:9BB0:B65F (talk) 03:20, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, there's a deletion nomination at commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Cabinet Office logo.svg that would benefit from input. I'm unclear from the page and discussions here if the coat of arms is still copyrighted somehow, or is in the public domain? Some seem to be here under fair use, others are PD, or even CC-BY-SA? Input welcome (and I'd encourage making copyright status clearer in this article!). Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 19:21, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I am proposing that that St Edward's Crown version of the arms be used as the main image on this page. Whilst the Tudor Crown version has been used in some artistic depictions, as of May 2024 the vast majority of the arms currently officially used are the St Edward's Crown version. These include:
The is also a College of Arms blog post in 2022 stating they envisage the Tudor Crown to be used in arms, but that doesn't prove anything about the current status of the arms (WP:FUTURE)
In the absence of an official announcement that the depiction of the arms is changing, the image should reflect what the majority of reliable, published sources depict, which is the St Edwards version. Personally, I think that a change will happen, but it will likely take some time due to the number of places the arms are currently used. When that announcement is made, then it would be appropriate to make the change. Safes007 (talk) 00:25, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Tudor crown was used from 1901 to 1952. St Edward's Crown was then phased in over years. I see no particular reason to sweep 50 years of examples under the carpet or to show the Elizabethan version over the traditional one. Celia Homeford (talk) 07:51, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm beginning to think that we may not receive official confirmation from the College of Arms of what their new coat of arms will look like but I believe it would more than likely be the these two:
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Would it not be better to use them in the meantime until we get official versions from the College of arms, instead of two blank spaces. GandalfXLD (talk) 18:42, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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