Royal Standard

Presented to the Grenadier Guards by William the Fourth in the year 1832, and used on all state occasions.

MARS. In the centre the royal cypher, proper and reversed, interlaced sol, ensigned with the imperial crown, or, in chief on the dexter canton the badge of England, viz. a rose stalked and leaved, sol; in chief in the sinister canton, the badge of the kingdom of Scotland, viz. a thistle stalked and leaved, sol; in base on the sinister canton, the aforesaid badge of England; in base on the dexter canton, the badge of the kingdom of Ireland, viz. a Shamrock, sol; each, ensigned with the imperial crown.

Colonel's Or, The Queen's Colour of the First Battalion

GULES; in the centre the imperial crown. (New Regulation Pattern.)

Lieutenant-Colonel's Or, The Queen's Colour of the Second Battalion

GULES; in the centre the royal cypher, proper and reversed, interlaced, or, ensigned with the imperial crown. In the dexter canton the Union flag of the United Kingdom, viz. azure, the crosses-saltiers of St. Andrew and St. Patrick quarterly per saltire, counterchanged argent and gules; the latter fimbriated of the second, surmounted of the cross of St. George of the third, fimbriated as the stiltire.

Major's Ensign Or, The Queen's Colour of the Third Battalion

GULES; in the centre the royal cypher, proper and reversed, interlaced and ensigned with the imperial crown. In the dexter canton the Union, and issuing therefrom, in bond dexter, a pile wavy of the second. (New Regulation Pattern.)