The Queen's Lion — a title referring to the heraldic lion assigned to the Queen Consort's position in the royal arms — gained renewed attention following the accession of Charles III in September 2022, when Camilla's elevation to Queen Consort resurrected formal heraldic distinctions that had been dormant since the death of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother decades earlier. This two-ounce issue continues the Royal Mint's ongoing Tudor Beasts series lineage, drawing on the ten heraldic supporters that flanked the entrance to Hampton Court Palace in the sixteenth century.
The Queen's Lion — a title referring to the heraldic lion assigned to the Queen Consort's position in the royal arms — gained renewed attention following the accession of Charles III in September 2022, when Camilla's elevation to Queen Consort resurrected formal heraldic distinctions that had been dormant since the death of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother decades earlier. This two-ounce issue continues the Royal Mint's ongoing Tudor Beasts series lineage, drawing on the ten heraldic supporters that flanked the entrance to Hampton Court Palace in the sixteenth century.