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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MarianLH: [QB] Originally posted by PsyLiam: [QUOTE][i] No, I meant why England has multiple symbols [SNIP][/i][/QUOTE]AFAIK: The three lions, or possibly leopards, goes back to William the Bastard & that whole Hastings business in 1066. Edward III quartered them with the French royal arms (three gold fluer de lis on a blue background) in the mid-14th century, to represent his claim to the French throne. This was in use at least until the end of the Hundred Years War. The rose dates from that little pissing contest between Lancaster and York at the end of the 15th century over which great-great-nephew's cousin of some guy who died of old age a hundred years earlier had a bigger claim to the throne. AFAIK, the rose never stood for England proper, just for Lancaster (white) and York (red). And then for the short-lived-but-so-entertaining Tudor/Elizabethan dynasty, which came into existance by way of some yahoo nobody marrying the last surviving widow of the above pissing contest, and getting crowned Henry VII. Or some such. Again, that's AFAIK. Marian [/QB][/QUOTE]
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