 Queen Elizabeth 's coat of arms was the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom ( in either the English or the Scottish version ) impaled with the arms of her father , the Earl of Strathmore ; the latter being : 1st and 4th quarters , Argent , a lion rampant Azure , armed and langued Gules , within a double tressure flory @-@ counter @-@ flory of the second ( Lyon ) ; 2nd and 3rd quarters , Ermine , three bows stringed paleways proper ( Bowes ) . The shield is surmounted by the imperial crown , and supported by the crowned lion of England and a lion rampant per fess Or and Gules . 
