The Queen’s Standard.
Possibly readers will have wondered regarding the meaning of Queen Elizabeth’s family name of Bowes-Lyon. A London correspondent furnishes interesting information relative to the Queen’s standard, and the family name thus: In designing a standard for Queen Elizabeth the College of Heralds already finds royalty in the arms of her Majesty’s house, the Earldom of Strathmore. Within a garland of bay leaves the arms show what heralds describe a= led'y to the girdle,” which means thai the lady is shown from head to waist line. In her band she bears a royal thistle in allusion to Sir John Lyon’s marriage with the daughter of Robert 11. of Scotland. The family name of Bowes-Lyon it' Indicated by lions rampant and bows The crest is supported by a lion and a unicorn and the motto is “in Te Domine speravi.” Queen Mary’; standard, which nowadays flies over Marlborough House, incorporates the arms of her Majesty’s- family of Teck
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 374, 4 March 1937, Page 2
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159The Queen’s Standard. Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 374, 4 March 1937, Page 2
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