However, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said: 'the Royal Navy can confirm that they were not in the area using sonar and have not been for some time.
Heraldry has been a recurrent theme, the Black, White, Red and Golden Lions have formed part of the royal coat of arms since the time of the Norman Conquest.
Radio programmes have already started with a highlight in Melvyn Bragg’s In Our Time: The Royal Society and British Science which is available to listen again online.