The Admiralty in 1864 settled all official flags at proportions of 1:2, but the relative widths of the crosses remained unspecified, with the above conventions becoming standardised in the 20th century. [46] In the 19th century, the Union flag was defined by the same blazon but could vary in its geometrical proportions. [47]

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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] The Royal Standard is never flown at half-mast, as the Sovereign never dies (the new monarch immediately succeeds his or her predecessor). The Handy Foil inflator simply slides on to the rubber nozzle making it much easier to inflate foil balloons as they fit nicely into the valves on the foil balloons. If you're filling a latex balloon, you just simply pull off the foil inflator and use the rubber one that is already attached to the cylinder. Easy Peasy! History of the Loyalist Flag". www.uelac.org. United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019 . Retrieved 18 March 2020. The cross saltire of St Andrew, patron saint of Scotland, is a diagonal white cross on a blue ground.

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Kelly, Ralph (8 August 2017). "A flag for the Empire" (PDF). The Flag Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2023 . Retrieved 13 August 2023. The North Prospect of the City of Edenburgh". Slezer's Scotland. National Library of Scotland . Retrieved 9 January 2012. Claire Armstrong travelled to the palace because she was compelled to pay her respects to an “inspirational woman who brought the country together in difficult times”. Post Office Blue Ensign (before 1864)". The Collection. National Maritime Museum. AAA3687 . Retrieved 12 August 2013. It is so called because it combines the crosses of the three countries united under one Sovereign - the kingdoms of England and Wales, of Scotland and of Ireland (although since 1921 only Northern Ireland has been part of the United Kingdom).

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a b c Perrin, William Gordon (1922). British flags, their early history, and their development at sea: with an account of the origin of the flag as a national device. The University Press. p.59. In 1964, Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson introduced plans to replace the Union Flag with a new national flag, spurring the Great Canadian flag debate. [105] A new national flag, the Maple Leaf, was approved by the parliament of Canada on 17 December 1964. [105] However, on the following day, the Canadian parliament passed another resolution that designated the Union Flag as the Royal Union Flag and authorised its official use as the symbol of the country's membership in the Commonwealth of Nations and its allegiance to the Crown. [107] The move was a concession given to those who preferred to adopt the Canadian Red Ensign as a formal national flag. On 15 February 1965, the maple leaf flag formally replaced the Union Flag as the flag of Canada following an official proclamation by Elizabeth II, [105] with the Royal Union Flag becoming an official ceremonial flag. [107] The Royal Union Flag next to the flag of Canada during a Remembrance Day parade in Stirling, Ontario, 2009 On news of a Royal death, the Union Flag (or the Royal Arms of Scotland (Lion Rampant) where appropriate) is flown at half-mast.