Captain Seafort wrote:Nothing so fancy.
They don't look terribly complicated; but what I mean is that (especially in Charles' case, considering the escutcheon) the actual written blazon oncluding motto, supporters, etc., would be rather long. The royal arms of itself would be:
Quarterly, first and fourth Gules three lions passant gardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure (for England), second quarter Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory-counter-flory Gules (for Scotland), third quarter Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland), the whole surrounded by the Garter; for a Crest, upon the Royal helm the imperial crown Proper, thereon a lion statant gardant Or imperially crowned Proper; Mantling Or and ermine; for Supporters, dexter a lion rampant gardant Or crowned as the Crest, sinister a unicorn Argent armed, crined and unguled Proper, gorged with a coronet Or composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lis a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also Or. Motto 'Dieu et mon Droit' in the compartment below the shield, with the Union rose, shamrock and thistle engrafted on the same stem.
To differentiate Charles' arms (in Wales and England) one would add to the blazon: Plain three-point label, and an inescutcheon of the traditional coat of arms of the Principality of Wales.[2] The Prince of Wales's feathers, the Red Dragon of Wales, sable fifteen bezants Or (the banner of the Duke of Cornwall, his other title in England) and his motto Ich dien are also added below the shield and the supporters.
In Scotland, in his capacity as Duke of Rothesay rather than Prince of Wales, one would add rather the quartered arms of the Great Steward and of the Lord of the Isles (both are his other titles in Scotland), with the arms of the heir apparent to the Scots throne (the Royal arms of Scotland with a three-point label) on an inescutcheon in the centre. Other elements of the coat of arms are similar to Royal coat of arms of Scotland before the union of the Crowns, but three-point labels are attached. The blazon in herladic terms would of course be rather longer and more difficult.
N.B. The first and third quarter of the royal arms are the famed "leopards" of England. In medieval heraldic language, a lion passant guardant (i.e., walking but with head turned to the viewer) was known as a leopard. Since England was represented in arms and in its heraldic badge by "Gules three lions passant gardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure," it therefore became known for the "leopards of England."
