TheRoyalCoatofArmsofEnglandwastheofficialcoatofarmsoftheMonarchsofEngland,andwereusedastheofficialcoatofarmsoftheKingdomofEnglanduntiltheUnionoftheCrownsin1603.Afterwards,thearmsbecameanintegralpartoftheRoyalCoatofArmsoftheUnitedKingdom.ThespreadoftheBritishEmpirehasledtothearmsbeingincorporatedinvariousothercoatsofarmsoftheUK'sformercolonies.ThearmsofEnglandarenotusedinanyofficialcapacityontheirown,althoughtheydofeatureinthefirstandfourthquartersoftheRoyalCoatofArmsoftheUnitedKingdom.However,thearmsofboththeFootballAssociationandtheEnglandandWalesCricketBoardarebasedonthethreelionsdesign.Inrecentyears,ithasbeencommontoseebannersofthearmsflownatEnglishfootballmatches,inthesamewaytheLionRampantisflowninScotland.In1996,ThreeLionswastheunofficialsongoftheEnglandfootballteamforthe1996EuropeanFootballChampionship,whichwereheldinEngland.