Quickly he got to his feet, while the smaller lion did the same.

Furthermore, the smaller lions in base numbered three up until 1639, but ever since, there have been only two.

Smaller lions than on the doors to those her mother had used, and smaller apartments, but she never considered using the Queen's chambers.

Its name is Latin for "the smaller lion", in contrast to Leo, the larger lion.

Prince Harry's crest - a lion and unicorn, either side of a shield, topped by a coronet and second, smaller lion - is based on one created for Prince William on his 18th birthday.

A set of smaller lions appears within the arch above the doorway and just below that is a plaque in Arabic commemorating an addition to the castle made in the year 1009 Hejira by Emir Ali Chehab some 400 years ago.

Four vigorous lions stand back to back atop a frieze of animals comprising a horse, an elephant, a bull, and a smaller lion, each of them separated by a Wheel of Law, resting on the inverted lotus that once connected it to the pillar.