Kingsley Royal

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Kingsley, a seven-foot tall bipedal lion, is the official mascot of Reading Football Club. He was first seen during the 1997-98 season. Up until the end of the 2005-06 season he was played by Noel Selby Armstrong, who has since been appointed assistant kit manager at Reading. It remains to be seen if he will continue to play Kingsley in the future.

The lion has been adopted as an unofficial symbol of Reading, due to the presence in the town of the Maiwand Lion.