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Flying Flags in the United Kingdom
Flying Flags in the United Kingdom (Flag Institute, 2010) is an authoritative, easy-to use, 16-page guide to UK flag protocol. Designed for anyone with a flagpole – organisation or private individual – the guide offers a few simple rules to advise you when flying the Union Flag in various situations. Working in association with the UK Parliamentary Flags & Heraldry Committee, the Flag Institute has distributed a copy to government departments and local authorities throughout the UK.
Flying Flags in the United Kingdom is available as a printed booklet, or you can download a PDF edition. You can also view its full contents under the UK Flag Protocol tab, or access individual sections using the hotlinks below:
- The Union Flag
- The Flag Protocol of the United Kingdom
- Flying the Flag
- Position of Honour
- In Front of and On a Building
- Within a Circle of Flags
- From a Flagpole with Yardarm and Gaff
- In Processions
- With Crossed Flags
- Suspended Vertically Above a Street
- Flat Against a Surface
- On a Speaker’s Platform
- Double-Flagging
- As a Pall for a Coffin
- On Vehicles
- On Uniforms
- At Civilian Transport Facilities
- Pennants
- The Royal Standard
- Flags at Half-mast
- The Proper Disposal of Flags
- Appendix A – British Flags
- Appendix B – Precedence of Flags
- General Precedence
- Order for Commonwealth Events
- Order for United Nations Events
- Order for European Union Events
- English Alphabetical Order
- Appendix C – United Kingdom Flag Specifications
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