page_title: Coat of arms of the Prince of Wales
section_title: Crest
hierarchical_section_title: Coat of arms of the Prince of Wales / Elements / Crest
caption_attribution_description: Coat of arms of Edward, the Prince of Wales (1910 – 1936) later King Edward VIII (1914).
context_page_description: The coat of arms of the Prince of Wales is the official heraldic insignia of the Prince of Wales, a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, formerly the Kingdom of Great Britain and before that the Kingdom of England.
  The coat of arms, in its current form, was devised for Charles, Prince of Wales, in 1958. It contains the badges and elements taken from all four of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom as well as from the many titles the prince holds as heir apparent.
  The history of the coat of arms is closely linked with those of the Royal coat of arms of England and the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom. However, as the noted antiquarian and heraldist Charles Boutell wrote in 1863, "The Arms of the Prince of Wales have a distinct individuality of their own, with which nothing ought to be directly associated."
context_section_description: The Prince of Wales's crest follows closely that of the Sovereign, but always with the appropriate label of difference displayed. This crest depicts a "Lion Or, passant guardant, wearing a coronet of the Heir, and differenced on the shoulders with a label of three points Argent." The lion always stands on a larger coronet of the Heir, which then sits on a golden helmet or the Royal Helm. From the sides flow the gold and ermine mantling of the royal family.
caption: Coat of arms of Edward, Prince of Wales as illustrated in Burke's Peerage 1914 edition.
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