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List of United Kingdom flags. Union Flag & national flag of the United Kingdom. County flags flying in Parliament Square, London. This list includes flags that either have been in use or are currently used by the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies .
The national flag of the United Kingdom is the Union Jack, also known as the Union Flag. The design of the Union Jack dates back to the Act of Union 1801, which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland (previously in personal union) to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
The Union Jack or Union Flag is the de facto national flag of the United Kingdom. The Union Flag was also used as the official flag of several British colonies and dominions before they adopted their own national flags.
Mar 24, 2016 · But where else does the flag of the UK still feature around the world? Red, white and blue. They're the colours of the union jack, the flag the United Kingdom has presented to the world since...
The table contains images of the United Kingdom’s national flag and of the flags of the four constituent units and three crown possessions. Larger images of the flags can be viewed by clicking on individual flags. Articles on the country, the constituent units, and the crown possessions and on.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The earliest form of the flag of Great Britain, developed in 1606 and used during the reigns of James I (1603–25) and Charles I (1625–49), displayed the red cross of England superimposed on the white cross of Scotland, with the blue field of the latter.
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The National Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack) features a blue background with the centered red cross edged in white; the country uses Pound sterling as its official currency; and its national anthem is "God Save the Queen".
