The helm is full-faced of damasked gold with six bars and features gold mantling lined with ermine. It was perhaps added merely to make the arms more distinctive, as the symbol of a rampant lion was already used by several lords and kings.Ītop the shield sits the helm and crest. The fleurs-de-lis in the royal tressure are traditionally said to represent the " auld alliance" with France, but this is unlikely, as this alliance did not come to exist until 1295, when the royal tressure had been firmly established as part of the arms for many years. The arms feature a red rampant lion with blue tongue and claws situated within a red double border decorated with fleurs-de-lis (known as the royal tressure). Poetically described as "the ruddy lion ramping in his field of tressured gold", the arms are still widely used today as a symbol of Scotland, and are quartered in the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom along with the arms of England and Ireland. When the kingdoms of Scotland and England were united under the Acts of Union 1707 to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, no single arms were created, thereby maintaining the convention that the royal arms used in Scotland would continue to differ from those used elsewhere. Though the kingdoms of England and Scotland would share the same monarch, the distinction in heraldry used in both kingdoms was maintained. With the Union of the Crowns in 1603, James VI inherited the thrones of England and Ireland and thus his arms in Scotland were now quartered with the arms of England (which was itself quartered with France) with an additional quarter for Ireland also added (the arms would continue to alter in later years). Today, the Royal Arms are most commonly referred to as the Royal Banner, or more commonly, the Lion Rampant. The flying of the arms in banner form is considered one of the great privileges of the office of the First Minister of Scotland as its usage is granted by the monarch for the First Minister to use. The royal arms of Scotland is the official coat of arms of the King of Scots first adopted in the 12th century, and endures as one of the most recognisable national symbols of Scotland. Recognised as one of the National symbols of Scotland.Usage granted by the monarch to the First Minister of Scotland.First and fourth quarters of current Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom for usage in Scotland.Second quarters of current Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom.Or a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory-counter-flory of the second
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