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. British Airways - Coat of arms (crest) of British Airways". Heraldry of the World. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022 . Retrieved 24 February 2022. Union Flag: What happens if Scotland wins independence?". ITV News. 27 November 2013. Archived from the original on 16 May 2020 . Retrieved 4 December 2013. Tracey, James D. (1997). The Political Economy of Merchant Empires: State Power and World Trade, 1350–1750. Cambridge University Press. p.117.

In July 2007, then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled plans to have the Union Flag flown more often from government buildings. [90] While consultation on new guidelines was under way, the decision to fly the flag could be made by each government department. [ needs update] In March 2021, the UK government published new guidance for the Union Flag to be flown all year round on UK government buildings, unless another flag is being flown – such as another national flag of the UK, or a county flag, or other flags to mark civic pride. [91] a b c d e f "The Royal Union Flag". www.canada.ca. Government of Canada. 8 May 2018 . Retrieved 5 March 2020. 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 New Zealand Flag" (PDF). Scouting New Zealand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011 . Retrieved 9 January 2012.The North Prospect of the City of Edenburgh". Slezer's Scotland. National Library of Scotland . Retrieved 9 January 2012.

Upshaw, Lynn B. (1995). Building Brand Identity: A Strategy for Success in a Hostile Marketplace. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-04220X. The parliamentary resolution requires the Royal Union Flag to be flown alongside the national flag of Canada (if there are at least two flag poles available) on federal properties on Commonwealth Day, Victoria Day (the monarch's official birthday in Canada), 11 December (the anniversary of the enactment of the Statute of Westminster, 1931), and when otherwise instructed to do so by the National Defence Headquarters. [107] [106] The Royal Union Flag may also be formally flown alongside the flag of Canada at federal locations in Canada for ceremonies, anniversaries, and other events relating to the Canadian Armed Forces or other forces in the Commonwealth. [107] [106] a b Bartram, Graham; Flags & Heraldry Committee (2010). Flying Flags in the United Kingdom (PDF) (PDF). London: The Flag Institute. ISBN 978-0-9513286-1-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2014 . Retrieved 13 August 2014. Fry, Plantagenet Somerset (1990). The Kings and Queens of England and Scotland. Grove Press. p.127. ISBN 9780802113863.Hannan, Daniel (15 June 2019), "Hong Kongers know the values behind the Union flag – but do the British?", The Telegraph , retrieved 5 July 2019 Some specifically flew the Union Flag and the colonial flag of Hong Kong, nostalgic of the "values" of the previous colonial government, namely "personal freedoms, rule of law, [and] clean governance". [116] [118] Other pro-democracy protestors choose to use the Union Flag and the colonial flag of Hong Kong in an effort to call upon the British government to declare that China had failed to uphold the Sino-British Joint Declaration. [119] Several Hongkongers that hold British National (Overseas) passports who used the flag during the protests were doing so as a call to the British government to grant British National (Overseas) the right to abode in the United Kingdom. [119] Although a small number of Hongkongers seek direct British intervention into the matter, the majority of those that used the Union Flag or the colonial flag of Hong Kong during the protests do not hold such beliefs. [118] This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( May 2011) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

A white-fimbriated symmetric red cross on a blue field with a white-fimbriated counterchanged saltire of red and white.

Colour of the flag

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty (1911) [1908], Manual of Seamanship, vol.I, London: HMSO, p.20 The Union Flag is flown from UK government buildings at half-mast in the following situations: [19] Command flag, Admiral of the Fleet, RN (before 1801)". The Collection. National Maritime Museum. AAA0730 . Retrieved 12 August 2013.