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Lord Howe's action, or the Glorious First of June, painted in 1795, shows a Union flying from 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. [61] [62] The Royal Standard also used to be flown on board the Royal Yacht, when it was in service and Queen Elizabeth II was on board. The current flag's design has been in use since 1801. Its original blazon, as decreed by George III of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1801, reads:

Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1986) [1904]. The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopædia of Armory. London: Bloomsbury Books. p.399. ISBN 0-906223-34-2. Hulme, Edward. F. (1897). The flags of the world: their history, blazonry and associations (txt). F. Warne & co. p.152. Ghiglione, Davide (5 August 2015). "Italian beach operators hoist British flag in protest at EU law". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022 . Retrieved 9 February 2017.

Hannan, Daniel (15 June 2019), "Hong Kongers know the values behind the Union flag – but do the British?", The Telegraph , retrieved 5 July 2019 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. A man named Raf said that even though he was from Germany originally, the Queen had been a constant presence in his life. The cross saltire of St Andrew, patron saint of Scotland, is a diagonal white cross on a blue ground. 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.

James’s controversial reign over two countries saw him in constant struggles with Parliament particularly when it came to spending treasury money. Parliament on the other hand was determined to control taxation. But James believed that he was only answerable to God alone and should be able to do as he liked. As James ignored Parliament for most of the decade, his personal relationships with favourites - offering them expensive gifts and high ranking titles - also irked the authorities. But few at the time were aware of the intimate nature of some of these relationships. Gay lovers

The Union Flag was also the formal flag for the Dominion of Newfoundland, a separate dominion of the British Empire from 1907 to 1949. Newfoundland retained the Union Flag as the province's official flag after it joined the Canadian confederation in 1949. In 1980, the flag of Newfoundland was adopted as the new provincial flag, with the design for the new flag of Newfoundland being derived from the Union Flag. It made its earliest appearance in 1606. James VI of Scotland had recently ascended to the throne of England, bringing the two countries together in a new realm he styled "the Kingdom of Great Britain". Latex balloons are porous and have an average flotation time of around 6-8 hours depending on the size of the balloon and room temperature. Due to this we advise to inflate the balloons 1-2 hours before the party/event.