This funerary lozenge, painted by a member of the Scottish Heraldry Society has the Scottish Version of the Royal Arms impaled by those of the family of Bowes_Lyon, but the supporters do not change.
The version Royal Arms used depended on whether they were displayed inside or outside Scotland, but the supporters do not. The lion per fesse or and gules is taken from her paternal Bowes_Lyon arms, where it is also used as the sinister supporter Also, the Queen Mother preferred to continue using the "Tudor" Crown in her arms
Arms The Royal arms are impaled by: Quarterly:
1st and 4th argent, a lion rampant Azure, armed and langued gules, within a double tressure flory_counter_flory of the second (for LYON);
2nd and 3rd, ermine three bows, stringed paleways proper (for BOWES),
Supporters:
Dexter, a lion or armed and langued gules royally crowned proper.
Sinister, a lion per fesse or and gules
The shield is surrounded by the Garter (or, in Scotland, by the Collar of the Thistle). The Queen Mother became an Lady of those orders in 1937.
Her mother was The Duchess of York (née Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon), the daughter of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and his wife, the Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck, the Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne.
Elizabeth II wearing the Imperial State Crown and fur cape and holding the Sceptre with the Cross and the Orb at her Coronation (2 June 1953).
The Queen, or her Governors-General, in the Realms outside the United Kingdom, also gives a speech at the annual State Opening of Parliament, outlining the government's legislative agenda for the year, but the speech is written by government ministers and reflects the view of the elected government.
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was the fourth daughter and the ninth of ten children of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, Lord Glamis, (later 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne), and his wife, Nina Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck.
Elizabeth laid her bouquet at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior on her way into the Abbey, a gesture which every royal bride since has copied, though they chose to do this on the way back from the altar rather than to it.
The QueenMother'scoat of arms were the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom impaled with the arms of those of her father, Earl of Strathmore.
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