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Sē '''Gaderscypefāna''' is sē fāna þæs [[GC|Geānlǣhtan Cynerīces Grēat Bryten and Norþern Īrland]].<ref>[http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/Symbols/UnionJack.aspx Union Jack] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529203231/http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/Symbols/UnionJack.aspx |date=2020-05-29 }}, The official website of the British Monarchy.</ref>

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Hit hæfþ giet official or semi-official status in some [[Commonwealth Realms]]; for example, it is known as the '''Royal Union Flag''' in [[Canada]].<ref name="ruf">[http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/union_e.cfm The Royal Union flag in Canada]{{Dead link|date=July 2009}}</ref>  The current design dates from the [[Act of Union 1800|Union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801]].<ref name="flaginst">[http://www.flaginstitute.org/index.php?location=7 British flags], from the Flag Institute site. Accessed 2 May 2007</ref>

==Stǣr==
{{Cyþþubox fana
| Nama = Great Britain
| Article =
| Nickname = Union Flag, The King's Colours or "Union Jack"
| Image = Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg
| Alt = Red cross with white border over a white saltire and dark blue background.
| Use = 111000
| Symbol =
| Proportion = 1:2
| Adoption = 1606-1800 <br /> (England) <br /> 1707-1800 <br /> (Scotland)
| Design = The [[St George's Cross|Cross of St George]] over the [[Cross of St Andrew]].
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}}

When [[James VI of Scotland|James VI]], [[King of Scots]], inherited the thrones of England and Ireland and was crowned [[James I of England]] in 1603, the crowns of the [[Kingdom of England]] (which included the [[Kingdom of Ireland]] and, since [[Laws in Wales Acts 1535-1542|1535]], [[Wales]]), and the [[Kingdom of Scotland]] were united in a [[personal union]] through him. Despite this [[Union of the Crowns]], each kingdom remained an independent state.<ref name=Flagsofworld/>

On 12 April 1606, a new flag to represent this regal union between England and Scotland was specified in a royal decree, according to which the [[flag of England]] (also representing Wales by implication), (a red cross with a white background, known as [[St George's Cross]]), and the [[flag of Scotland]] (a white [[saltire]] with a blue background, known as the Saltire or [[Saint Andrew's Cross]]), would be "joined together according to the forme made by our heralds, and sent by Us to our Admerall to be published to our Subjects."<ref name=flaginst />  forming the flag of [[Great Britain]] and first union flag. This royal flag was at first only for use at sea on civil and military ships of both Scotland and England.<ref name=KnowBritain>{{Cite web |url=http://www.know-britain.com/general/union_jack.html|title=Union Jack Brief History|work=Know Britain|accessdate=2008-06-10}}</ref> In 1634, [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]] restricted its use to the monarch's ships.<ref>"Proclamation appointing the Flag, as well for our Navy Royal as for the Ships of our Subjects of South and North Britain", 5 May 1634</ref> (Land forces continued to use their respective national banners.)  After the [[Acts of Union 1707]], the flag gained a regularised status as "the ensign armorial of the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]]", the newly created state. It was then adopted by land forces as well, although the blue field used on land-based versions more closely resembled that of the blue of the flag of Scotland.

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|navy]]" blue ([[Pantone]] 280), which can be traced to the colour used for the [[Blue Ensign]] of the [[Royal Navy|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|royal]]" blue, (Pantone 300). (The Office of the [[Lord Lyon]] does not detail specific shades of colour for use in heraldry.)

A thin white stripe, or [[fimbriation]], separates the red cross from the blue field, in accordance with heraldry's [[rule of tincture]] where colours (like red and blue) must be separated from each other by metals (like white, i.e. ''[[argent]]'' or silver). The [[blazon]] for the old union flag, to be compared with the current flag, is ''Azure, the Cross Saltire of St Andrew Argent surmounted by the Cross of St George Gules, fimbriated of the second.''

Wales had no explicit recognition in the Union Flag because [[Wales]], having been annexed by [[Edward I of England]] in 1282 and following the [[Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542]], was legally part of the [[Kingdom of England]] and was therefore represented by the flag of England.<ref name=KnowBritain>{{Cite web |url=http://www.know-britain.com/general/union_jack.html|title=Union Jack Brief History|work=Know Britain|accessdate=2008-06-10}}</ref> (The present-day [[Flag of Wales]] and [[St David's Cross]] emerged, or re-emerged, in the 20th century: the former based on the historical emblem of Wales, the Red Dragon, and the latter based on the arms of the [[Diocese]] of [[Saint David's]].)

[[File:Flag of the Commonwealth (1658-1660).svg|thumb|alt=Red cross with white border over a white saltire and dark blue background. At the centre is a gold harp in dark blue shield, which is the same size as the intersection of vertical and horizontal white bars.|[[Protectorate Jack]], 1658–60]]
The [[Kingdom of Ireland]], which had existed as a personal union with England since 1541, was likewise unrepresented in the original versions of the Union Flag.<ref name=KnowBritain/> However, the flag of [[The Protectorate]] from 1658 to 1660 was [[escutcheon (heraldry)|inescutcheon]]ed  with the [[arms of Ireland]]. These were removed after [[English Restoration|the Restoration]], supposedly because [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] disliked them.

The original flag appears in the canton of the Commissioners' Ensign of the [[Northern Lighthouse Board]]. This is the only contemporary official representation of the pre-1801 Union Flag in the United Kingdom<ref>{{FOTW|id=gb-lthse|anchor=cnlc|title=Northern Lighthouse Commissioner's Flag}}</ref> and can be seen flying from their [[George Street, Edinburgh|George Street]] headquarters in [[Edinburgh]].

[[Taunton, Massachusetts]], [[USA]], has in recent years used a flag with the old style Union Flag.  Likewise, [[Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania]] has been known to fly a flag containing the Kings Colours since 1973.<ref>{{FOTW|id=us-pa-wc|title=Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (U.S.)}}</ref>

This version of the Union Flag is also shown in the [[canton (flag)|canton]] of the [[Grand Union Flag]] (also known as the Congress flag, the First Navy Ensign, the Cambridge Flag, and the Continental Colours), the first widely used [[flag of the United States]], slowly phased out after 1777.

''[[Lord Howe's action, or the Glorious First of June]]'', painted in 1795, shows a Union flying from [[HMS Queen Charlotte (1790)|HMS ''Queen Charlotte'']] on the "[[Glorious First of June]]" 1794. The actual flag, preserved in the [[National Maritime Museum]], is a cruder approximation of the proper specifications; this was common in 18th and early 19th-century flags.<ref>
{{cite web |url=http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=AAA0730 |title=Command flag, Admiral of the Fleet, RN (before 1801) (AAA0730) |work=Collections Online |publisher=[[National Maritime Museum]] |accessdate=2009-07-10}}
(see also [http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=AAA3687 Post Office Blue Ensign (made between 1833 and 1864)] from the same collection.
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The current and second Union Flag dates from 1 January 1801 with the [[Act of Union 1800]], which merged the [[Kingdom of Ireland]] and the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] to form the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]].  The new design added a red [[saltire]], the so-called "[[Saint Patrick's Flag|cross of Saint Patrick]]", for Ireland. This is [[counterchanging|counterchanged]] with the saltire of St Andrew, such that the white is always on the clockwise side of the red. The arrangement has introduced a requirement to display the flag "the right way up"; see [[Union Flag#Specifications for flag use|specifications for flag use]], below. As with the red cross, so too the red saltire is separated by a white fimbriation from the blue field.<ref name=Flagsofworld /> This fimbriation is repeated for symmetry on the white portion of the saltire, which thereby appears wider than the red portion.  The fimbriation of the cross of St George separates its red from the red of the saltire.

Outside the Union flag, Saint Patrick's cross has seldom been used to represent Ireland, and with little popular recognition or enthusiasm; it is usually considered to derive from the arms of the powerful [[FitzGerald]] family rather than any association with the saint.<ref>
{{cite book |last=Hayes-McCoy |first=Gerard Anthony |authorlink=Gerard Anthony Hayes-McCoy |title=A history of Irish flags from earliest times |editor=[[Pádraig Ó Snodaigh]] |publisher=Academy Press |location=Dublin |date=1979 |isbn=090618701X |page=38 }}
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The current flag's design, in use since 1801, is [[blazon]]ed ''Azure, the Crosses Saltire of St Andrew and St Patrick, quarterly per saltire, counterchanged Argent and Gules, the latter fimbriated of the second, surmounted by the Cross of St George of the third, fimbriated as the saltire.''
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==Status==
[[File:HMY-Britannia-Bow.JPG|thumb|alt=The Union Flag flies on a flagpole at the bow of a docked ship. Only front half of the ship is visible, and signal flags are tied between bow and mast.|The "Union Jack" flying from [[HMY Britannia]]'s ''[[jackstaff]]''.]]
[[File:Flags outside Parliament.jpg|thumb|alt=Union Flag, Scottish Flag and EU Flag on poles against a blue sky.|The "Union Flag", [[Flag of Scotland|Scottish Flag]] and [[Flag of the European Union|EU Flag]] flying from the [[Scottish Parliament Building|Scottish Parliament]]'s ''flag poles''.]]

The Union Flag is used as a [[jack (flag)|jack]] by commissioned warships and submarines of the [[Royal Navy]], and by commissioned [[British Army|Army]] and [[Royal Air Force]] vessels, though no such vessel was in commission as of June 2007. When at anchor or alongside, it is flown from the [[jackstaff]] at the [[Bow (ship)|bow]] of the ship. When a ship is underway, the Union Jack is only flown from the jackstaff when the ship is dressed for a special occasion, such as the Queen's official birthday.

The Union Flag is worn at the masthead of a ship to indicate the presence of the Sovereign or an [[Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)|Admiral of the Fleet]].<ref name="FOTWsea">{{FOTW|id=gb-use|anchor=sea|title=Use of the Union Flag at Sea}}</ref> It is also worn at the masthead of [[Canadian Navy|Her Majesty's Canadian ships]] within Canadian territorial waters on certain days of the year, such as the Queen's official birthday and [[Commonwealth Day]].<ref>[http://www.saskd.ca/heritage.pdf Department of National Defence: ''The Honours, Flags and Heritage Structure of the Canadian Forces'']</ref> The Union Flag may also be flown from the yardarm to indicate that a [[court-martial]] is in progress, though these are now normally held in shore establishments.

No law has been passed making the Union Flag the national flag of the United Kingdom: it has become one through precedent. Its first recorded recognition as a national flag came in 1908, when it was stated in Parliament that "the Union Jack should be regarded as the National flag". A more categorical statement was made by the [[Secretary of State for the Home Department|Home Secretary]], [[Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet|Sir John Gilmour]], in 1933 when he stated that "the Union Jack is the National Flag". But it is still officially a flag of the monarch, rather than the country.<ref name=Flagsofworld/>

Civilian use is permitted on land, but non-naval/military use at sea is prohibited. Unauthorised use of the flag in the 17th Century to avoid paying harbour duties – a privilege restricted to naval ships – caused James' successor, [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], to order that use of the flag on naval vessels be restricted to His Majesty's ships "upon pain of Our high displeasure". It remains a criminal offence under the Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993 to display the Union Flag (other than the "Pilot Jack" – see below) from a British ship. Naval ships will fly the [[white ensign]], and merchant and private boats can fly the [[red ensign]], both of which contain the union flag as part of the design.

The Court of the [[Lord Lyon]], which has criminal jurisdiction in heraldic matters in Scotland, confirms that the Union Flag "is the correct flag for all citizens and corporate bodies of the United Kingdom to fly to demonstrate their loyalty and their nationality."<ref name=lordlyon>{{cite web |url=http://www.lyon-court.com/lordlyon/218.183.html |title=Court of Lord Lyon page|accessdate=2008-06-10}}</ref>

The Union Flag has been in use in Canada dating back to the British settlement in Nova Scotia in 1621. At the close of the [[Great Flag Debate]] of 1964, which resulted in the adoption of the [[Flag of Canada|Maple Leaf Flag]] as the Canadian national flag in 1965, the Parliament of Canada voted to make the Union Flag the symbol of Canada's membership of the Commonwealth and its allegiance to the crown. The move was a concession given to conservatives who preferred to keep the old flag, with its Union Flag in the canton. The Royal Union flag (as it is now known in Canada) is flown alongside the Maple-Leaf Flag on [[Commonwealth Day]] and other royal occasions and anniversaries.<ref name="Commonwealth Day (www.pch.gc.ca)">[http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/jfa-ha/commonwealth_e.cfm Commonwealth Day (www.pch.gc.ca)]{{Dead link|date=July 2009}} Accessed 30 Dec 2007</ref>  Until 1980, it was also the official flag of the province of [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]].

On 5 February 2008, [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]] [[Andrew Rosindell]] introduced the 'Union Flag Bill' as a [[private member's bill]] as a 10-minute bill in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]]. The Bill seeks to formalise the position of the Union Flag as the [[flag of the United Kingdom|national flag of the UK]] in law, to remove legal obstacles to its regular display and to officially recognise the name 'Union Jack' as having equal status with 'Union Flag'. However the Bill had not received its [[second reading]] by the end of that [[parliamentary session]].<ref>[http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2007-08/unionflag.html Bills and Legislation - Union Flag Bill]</ref>
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[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg‎|thumb|alt=Union Flag truncated to remove far-left and far-right edges.|3:5 variant or [[War flag]].]]

Although the most common ratio is 1:2, other ratios exist. The Royal Navy's flag code book, BR20 ''Flags of All Nations'', states that both 1:2 and 3:5 versions are official.<ref name=35variant>{{FOTW|id=gb|anchor=35|title=United Kingdom: 3:5 variant|accessdate=2008-07-22}}</ref> The 3:5 version is most commonly used by the British Army and is sometimes known as the [[War flag]]. In this version the innermost points of the lower left and upper right diagonals of the St Patrick's cross are cut off or truncated.

The Queen's Harbour Master's flag, like the Pilot Jack, is a 1:2 flag that contains a white-bordered Union Flag that is longer than 1:2. The jacks of ships flying variants of the [[Blue Ensign]] are square and have a square Union Flag in the canton.<ref name=35variant/> The [[Regimental colours#British Army|Queen's Colours of Army regiments]] are 36 x 43&nbsp;inches; on them, the bars of the cross and saltire are of equal width; so are their respective fimbriations, which are very narrow.<ref>
{{cite web|url=http://flagspot.net/flags/gb-regt.html|title=United Kingdom: Regimental Colours|last=Grieve|first=Martin |coauthors=Christopher Southworth, David Prothero |publisher=[[Flags of the World]] |accessdate=2009-07-09}}
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==Use in other flags==
===Other nations and regions===
[[File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg|thumb|alt=Dark blue flag with six white stars and Union Flag as top-left quarter.|The [[flag of Australia]].]]
[[File:Flag of New Zealand.svg|thumb|alt=Dark blue flag with four red and white stars and Union Flag as top-left quarter.|The [[flag of New Zealand]].]]
[[File:Flag of Tuvalu.svg|thumb|alt=Powder blue flag with nine yellow stars and Union Flag as top-left quarter.|The [[flag of Tuvalu]].]]
[[File:Flag of Fiji.svg|thumb|alt=Cyan blue flag with Union Flag as top-left quarter and crest on right side.|The [[flag of Fiji]].]]
[[File:Flag of British Columbia.svg|thumb|alt=Flag with horizontally stretched Union Flag as top half. The lower half is a large yellow sun over blue and white waves.|The [[flag of British Columbia]].]]
The Union Flag was found in the ''[[Flag terminology|canton]]'' (upper left-hand quarter) of the flags of many colonies of Britain, while the ''[[field (heraldry)|field]]'' (background) of their flags was the colour of the [[British ensigns#History|naval ensign]] flown by the particular [[Royal Navy]] squadron that patrolled that region of the world.

All administrative regions and territories of the United Kingdom fly the Union Flag in some form, with the exception of [[Flag of Gibraltar|Gibraltar]] (other than the government ensign) and the [[Crown dependencies]]. Outside the UK, it is usually part of a special [[ensign]] in which the Union Flag is placed in the upper left hand corner of a blue field, with a signifying crest in the bottom right.

Four independent countries incorporate the Union Flag as part of their national flags: [[Australia]], [[Nīwu Sǣland]], [[Tufalu]] and [[Ficgiege]].

In former British colonies, the Union Flag was used semi-interchangeably with territorial flags for significant parts of their early history. This was the case in [[Canada]] until the introduction of the [[Flag of Canada|Maple Leaf Flag]] in 1965, but it is still used in the flags of a number of Canadian provinces such as [[British Columbia]], [[Manitoba]] and [[Ontario]]. [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] uses a modified version of the Union Flag, once the flag of the province.  Canadian practice allows the flag, known in Canada as the Royal Union Flag, to be flown by private individuals and government agencies to show support for the Monarch and the Commonwealth.  On some official occasions, the flag is always flown besides the Maple Leaf Flag, one such occasion is on the anniversary of the [[Statute of Westminster 1931|Statute of Westminster]].

Many other Australian flags retain the use of the Union Flag, including the [[Royal Australian Navy Ensign]] (also known as the Australian White Ensign), the [[Royal Australian Air Force Ensign]], the [[Australian Red Ensign]] (for use by merchant and private vessels) and the [[Australian Civil Aviation Ensign]]. The flags of all six Australian States retain the Union Flag in the ''[[Flag terminology|canton]]'', as do some regional flags such as the Upper and Lower [[Murray River Flag]]s. The Vice-Regal flags of the State Governors also retain the use of the Union Flag. See [[List of Australian flags]] for more information.

The [[Basque Country (historical territory)|Basque Country's]] flag, the [[Ikurriña]] is also loosely based on the Union Flag, reflecting the significant commercial ties between [[Bilbao]] and Britain at the time the [[Ikurriña]] was designed (1894).  The [[Miskito]] people sometimes use a similar flag that also incorporates the Union Flag in its [[Flag terminology#Description of standard flag parts and terms|canton]], due to long periods of contact in the [[Mosquito Coast]].

The Union Flag was used by the [[United States]] in its first flag, the [[Grand Union Flag]]. This flag was of a similar design to the one used by the [[British East India Company]].

[[File:Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg|thumb|right|alt=Horizontal orange, white and blue stripes. In the centre are three small flags, the left of which is the Union Flag.|''Oranje-blanje-blou'', or the [[South African Flag#History|flag of South Africa (1928-1994)]].]]
The Union Flag also appeared on both the 1910-1928 and 1928-1994 [[South African Flag#History|flags]] of [[South Africa]]. The 1910-1928 flag was a [[red ensign]] with the [[Union of South Africa|Union]] coat of arms in the fly. The 1928-1994 flag, based on the [[Prinsenvlag#The Prince.27s Flag|Prinsenvlag]] and commonly known as the ''oranje-blanje-blou'' (orange-white-blue), contained the Union Flag as part of a central motif at par with the flags of the two [[Boer]] republics of the [[Orange Free State]] and [[South African Republic|Transvaal]]. To keep any one of the three flags from having precedence, the Union Flag is spread horizontally from the Orange Free State flag towards the hoist; closest to the hoist, it is in the superior position but since it is reversed it does not precede the other flags.

[[File:Flag of Hawaii.svg|thumb|right|alt=Thin red white and blue horizontal stripes with Union Flag as top-left quarter.|''Ka Hae Hawai{{okina}}i'', or the [[flag of Hawaii]].]]
[[Hawaii]], a state of the [[United States]], incorporates the Union Jack in its [[Flag of Hawaii|state flag]]. According to one story, the King of Hawaii asked the British mariner, [[George Vancouver]], during a stop in Lahaina, what the piece of cloth flying from his ship was. Vancouver replied that it represented his King's authority. The Hawaiian King then flew the flag as a symbol of royal authority (his own) not recognising its national derivation. Hawaii's flag represents the only current use of the Union Jack in any American state flag.
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==Glēsing==
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==Ūtweard hlencas==
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|image1 = [http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2609/3998116284_e733eba016_b.jpg The Cross of Saint Andrew]. 26 September 2009. By [http://www.flickr.com/photos/cthonus/ cthonus] Accessed 2009-12-30.
|image2 = [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/169159047_949c211b8b_b.jpg The Cross of Saint George]. 11 June 2006. By [http://www.flickr.com/photos/83031170@N00/ Two Thumbs]. Accessed 2009-12-30.
|image3 = [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3401/3589637303_d28495046d_b.jpg Scottish Union Flag.] 02 June 2009. By [http://www.flickr.com/photos/30178831@N02/ boongiepam]. Accessed 2009-12-16.
|image4 = [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/2394005982_55390ea0d1_b.jpg English/British Union Flag.] 29 March 2008. By [http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicbutler/ dr.nic]. Accessed 2009-12-31.
|image5 = [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/424511908_2b2dd02dcd_b.jpg The Cross of Saint Patrick]. 17 March 2007. By [http://www.flickr.com/photos/tim_ellis/ tim ellis]. Accessed 2009-12-30.
|image6 = [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3426/3722605567_867033b96c_b.jpg United Kingdom Union Flag.] 15 July 2009. By [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mortuaryman/ leegibb13]. Accessed 2009-12-16.
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* {{FOTW|id=gb|title=United Kingdom}}
* [http://www.lyon-court.com/lordlyon/218.183.html The Lyon Court: Flags] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425184926/http://www.lyon-court.com/lordlyon/218.183.html |date=2018-04-25 }}
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/4116988.stm Monochrome Union Flag not flown to avoid controversy]
* British flags during [[The Protectorate]] and the [[Commonwealth of England]] – see [http://flagspot.net/flags/gb-inter.html external link]
* [http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page5017.asp British Monarchy — Union Flag]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4895076.stm BBC page for 400th anniversary of flag]
* [http://www.jdawiseman.com/papers/union-jack/union-jack.html How to draw the Union Jack]

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[[Flocc:Geānede Cynerīce]]
Sē Gaderscypefāna is sē fāna þæs Geānlǣhtan Cynerīces Grēat Bryten and Norþern Īrland.Union Jack , The official website of the British Monarchy.

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Ūtweard hlencas

 
 The Lyon Court: Flags 
 Monochrome Union Flag not flown to avoid controversy
 British flags during The Protectorate and the Commonwealth of England – see external link
 British Monarchy — Union Flag
 BBC page for 400th anniversary of flag
 How to draw the Union Jack

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