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List of United Kingdom flags. This article is about flags of the United Kingdom in active use. For historical flags, see Historical flags of the British Empire and the overseas territories. Union Flag & national flag of the United Kingdom. County flags flying in Parliament Square, London.
The national flag of the United Kingdom is the Union Jack, also known as the Union Flag. [a] 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 Flag, or Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom. 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).
18 de abr. de 2024 · Red, white, and blue flag in which are combined the Crosses of St. George (England), St. Andrew (Scotland), and St. Patrick (Ireland). Initially the Union Flag was called a jack only when it was flown at the bowsprit of British naval vessels, but it was commonly called the Union Jack by the late.
The flag combines aspects of three older national flags: the red cross of St George for the Kingdom of England, the white saltire of St Andrew for the Kingdom of Scotland and the red saltire of St Patrick to represent Ireland. Although the Republic of Ireland is no longer part of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland is.
23 de dic. de 2023 · The UK flag consists of three elements: the cross of St. George (red on white) for England, the cross of St. Andrew (white diagonal on blue) for Scotland, and the so-called cross of St. Patrick (red diagonal on white) for Ireland.
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.
