A white-fimbriated symmetric red cross on a upper field of white and lower field of green with a white-fimbriated counterchanged saltire of red and white.
Use
Alternate National Flag
Proportion
1:2
Adopted
1801
Design
A white-fimbriated symmetric red cross on a blue field with a white-fimbriated counterchanged saltire of red and white.
Use
Variant flag of the United Kingdom of England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Proportion
1:2
Adopted
1801
Design
A red field with the Union Flag in the canton.
Use
Variant flag of the United Kingdom of England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Proportion
1:2
Adopted
1801
Design
A red field with the Union Flag in the canton.
Use
Variant flag of the United Kingdom of England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Proportion
1:2
Adopted
1801
Design
A red field with the Union Flag in the canton.
Use
Variant flag of the United Kingdom of England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Proportion
1:2
Adopted
1801
Design
A field of air force blue with the Union Flag in the canton and the RAF roundel in the middle of the fly.
The Union Flag, sometimes also referred to as the Union Jack, is the current flag of the United Kingdom. It does have some status in other countries, such as Canada, where it is referred to as the Royal Union Flag, and has a
status in many British Overseas Realms. It also appears in the canton of many former British colonies, including Australia and New Zealand.
The first Union flag was created in 1606, when James VI of Scotland also inherited the crown of the England, creating a personal union. This flag included the flags of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland. Later, when Ireland joined the Union, the diagonal cross was added. However, in 2014, Scotland voted to leave the union, prompting different calls for a new flag. While many people were in favour of removing Scottish Elements of the flag, many others viewed the flag as integral to British identity, many soldiers having fought and died under it. As such, the old Union Flag is used in conjunction with the new design.
Royal Standard[]
British Overseas Territories[]
With the change in the UK flag, it was proposed that the flags of the British Overseas Territories be changed. Despite this, they were kept.