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Yale of Beaufort
The Yale is a mythical beast, said to be white in colour and covered in golden spots. It had the peculiar characteristic of being able to swivel each of its horns idependently. It descends to the Queen through Henry VII, who inherited it from his mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort. His shield shows the portcullis surmounted by the arched Royal crown. The uncrowned portcullis was a Beaufort badge but Henry VII used both crowned and uncrowned versions.
This is one of ten statues outside the Great Palm House at Kew Gardens. Each one was once used as a heraldic badge by the Queen's ancestors. The originals were made by John Woodford and placed in front of Westminster Abbey annex for the coronation of the Queen in 1953. These replicas were made by the same sculptor in Portland Stone and presented to Kew Gardens by an anonymous donor in 1956.
Yale of Beaufort
The Yale is a mythical beast, said to be white in colour and covered in golden spots. It had the peculiar characteristic of being able to swivel each of its horns idependently. It descends to the Queen through Henry VII, who inherited it from his mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort. His shield shows the portcullis surmounted by the arched Royal crown. The uncrowned portcullis was a Beaufort badge but Henry VII used both crowned and uncrowned versions.
This is one of ten statues outside the Great Palm House at Kew Gardens. Each one was once used as a heraldic badge by the Queen's ancestors. The originals were made by John Woodford and placed in front of Westminster Abbey annex for the coronation of the Queen in 1953. These replicas were made by the same sculptor in Portland Stone and presented to Kew Gardens by an anonymous donor in 1956.