Joined in 2023 
82 
63 About this deal
Various shades of blue have been used in the saltire over the years. The ground of the current Union Flag is a deep " navy" blue ( Pantone 280), which can be traced to the colour used for the Blue Ensign of the Royal Navy's historic "Blue Squadron". (Dark shades of colour were used on maritime flags on the basis of durability.) In 2003 a committee of the Scottish Parliament recommended that the flag of Scotland use a lighter " royal" blue (Pantone 300) (the Office of the Lord Lyon does not detail specific shades of colour for use in heraldry).
The Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) 2002". Opsi.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 December 2009 . Retrieved 14 June 2010. a b de Burton, Simon (9 November 1999). "How Scots lost battle of the standard". The Scotsman. Johnston Press plc . Retrieved 30 June 2009. [ dead link] This dual arrangement continued until 1957, when the Flags Amendment Act was passed naming the Oranje, Blanje, Blou as the sole flag of South Africa. [114] The Oranje, Blanje, Blou was replaced by the flag of South Africa in 1994 as the country's national flag. Fry, Plantagenet Somerset (1990). The Kings and Queens of England and Scotland. Grove Press. p.127. ISBN 9780802113863.
Britain4Palestine
Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1986) [1904]. The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopædia of Armory. London: Bloomsbury Books. p.399. ISBN 0-906223-34-2.
Command flag, Admiral of the Fleet, RN (before 1801)". The Collection. National Maritime Museum. AAA0730 . Retrieved 12 August 2013. The Union Flag can be flown by any individual or organisation in Great Britain on any day of their choice. Legal regulations restrict the use of the Union Flag on government buildings in Northern Ireland. Long-standing restrictions on UK government use of the flag elsewhere were abolished in July 2007. [15] [16] Upside-down [ edit ]In objecting to the design of the Union Flag adopted in 1606, whereby the cross of Saint George surmounted that of Saint Andrew, a group of Scots took up the matter with John Erskine, 19th Earl of Mar, and were encouraged by him to send a letter of complaint to James VI, via the Privy Council of Scotland, which stated that the flag's design " will breid some heit and miscontentment betwix your Majesties subjectis, and it is to be feirit that some inconvenientis sail fall oute betwix thame, for our seyfaring men cannot be inducit to resave that flage as it is set down". [64] Although documents accompanying this complaint which contained drafts for alternative designs have been lost, evidence exists, at least on paper, of an unofficial Scottish variant, whereby the Scottish cross was uppermost. There is reason to think that cloth flags of this design were employed during the 17th century for unofficial use on Scottish vessels at sea. [65] [66] [67] This flag's design is also described in the 1704 edition of The Present State of the Universe by John Beaumont, which contains as an appendix The Ensigns, Colours or Flags of the Ships at Sea: Belonging to The several Princes and States in the World. [68] A white-fimbriated symmetric red cross on a blue field with a white-fimbriated counterchanged saltire of red and white. The Union Flag is flown at half mast from the announcement of the death of the sovereign (save for Proclamation Day), or upon command of the sovereign. [93]
a b "-kin". Oxford English Dictionary (Onlineed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
While the flag appears symmetric, the white lines above and below the diagonal red are different widths. On the side closer to the flagpole (or on the left when depicted on paper), the white lines above the diagonals are wider; on the side farther from the flagpole (or on the right when depicted on paper), the converse is true. Thus, no change will be apparent when rotating the flag 180 degrees, but if mirrored the flag will be upside-down.
a b Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall Yard. W. Mitchell. 1895. pp.181–185 . Retrieved 10 February 2023.
Colour of the flag
Parry, Richard Lloyd; Blet, Raphael (14 June 2019), "Colonial nostalgia rules in Hong Kong as young refuse to accept China's authority", The Times , retrieved 5 July 2019 Ingall, Jennifer (4 June 2021). "Why the Dangarsleigh war memorial flies the Empire flag and what it means to the community". ABC News. Archived from the original on 13 August 2023 . Retrieved 13 August 2023. Gourtsoyannis, Paris (13 June 2019), Union flags in Hong Kong are a symbol of failed China policy, The Scotsman , retrieved 5 July 2019 by the 1970s, "its current official dimension of l/30th the width of the flag" The Flag Bulletin, Volumes 12–14, Flag Research Center (1973), p. 85. There was some speculation on the matter in British dominions also, with one New Zealand paper reporting that:
Great Deal 
New Comment