Each monarch has their own personal cyper (and this is not just a UK tradition: it's common across Europe and perhaps elsewhere). Linus Boman dives into the history and critiques some of the designs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_ZL7H7WCzM. (He's a graphic designer, and makes excellent videos.)
Using the crown from the monarch's cypher in the government logo is an interesting choice, but I suppose it does make sense. It is, after all, known as His Majesty's Government. But in many other ways, Parliament asserts its independence from the monarchy. Maybe using the mace instead of the crown would have been a good idea?
Parliament is all the players from all 12 teams including all those on the bench who never even played.
Government is the members of the winning team who were on the field when the whistle blew. They get to lift the trophy.
In real competitions the subs get to lift the trophy too so maybe a better analogy is that the UK Parliament is 12 teams, all their subs, the coaching staff, club management, and the people who run the official fan club. A subset of these from the winning club get to lift the “I am the government now” trophy but not all of them do.
Oh, and of course while the Commons are playing [association] football, the Lords are playing charity match celebrity cricket, and yet some of them (e.g David Lord Cameron) get their hands on the FA Cup too.
In the US, by contrast, it’s more like the guy who owns the team is the one who lifts the trophy. They do so by winning a “whose team do you like the most?” competition, all while a separate match with actual players is going on, none of whom will win the executive trophy.
There are also only two official USA Sports League teams but they split into cliques that play together behind the scenes. Kind of like the midfield caucus doing a deal with the forward caucus to give them the ball in exchange for extra oranges at half time.
> But in many other ways, Parliament asserts its independence from the monarchy
The implication here is that The Government and The Parliament are the same, which isn’t true. While it’s not quite so delineated as in countries with formally separate executive and legislative, the two are separate entities.
The executive is also commonly called “The Crown”, so it’s an appropriate logo. (Albeit, that’s also a nebulous term.)
>Parliament asserts its independence from the monarchy. Maybe using the mace instead of the crown would have been a good idea?
It does... to an extent. Its official acts, though, are done as King-in-Parliament, and the mace is a symbol of that royal authority under which it meets.
Using the crown from the monarch's cypher in the government logo is an interesting choice, but I suppose it does make sense. It is, after all, known as His Majesty's Government. But in many other ways, Parliament asserts its independence from the monarchy. Maybe using the mace instead of the crown would have been a good idea?