Historic County Flags Day, London, 23 July 2021. Leigh Wetherall
The county flags of England, Scotland and Wales starred in the House of Commons on Thursday 22 July.
To date 52 historic counties have entered a flag in the UK Flag Registry.
And to celebrate Historic County Flags Day on 23 July, the flags flew together in Parliament Square, London.
Among them were newcomers Herefordshire and Leicestershire – the last of the 39 historic English counties to register a flag.
Tom Randall MP (Conservative, Gedling) marked the occasion with a speech during the Commons Summer Adjournment Debate.
Tom is a past editor of Flagmaster and a vice chair of the All-Party Flags and Heraldry Group.
Read his speech in Hansard here.
