The Birthday of HM The Queen is listed as a flag flying day by UK government guidance.
The Union Flag is specified.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying
The Birthday of HM The Queen is also listed as a flag flying day by Scottish government guidance.
The Scottish Saltire is specified.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/
The Accession Day of HM The King is listed as a flag flying day by UK government guidance.
The Union Flag is specified.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying
The Accession Day of HM The King is also listed as a flag flying day by Scottish government guidance.
The Scottish Saltire is specified.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/
World Vexillology Day commemorates the debut of Flag Bulletin (October 1961), the world’s first periodical dedicated solely to vexillology.
There is no special flag for this day – just go out and fly flags!
UK Government guidelines state that the Union Flag should be flown on Remembrance Sunday (the second Sunday in November).
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying
Scottish government guidance also lists Remembrance Sunday as a flag flying day.
The Union Flag is specified.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/
The Royal British Legion recommends flying the Union Flag on Remembrance Day (11 November) and Remembrance Sunday.
https://support.britishlegion.org.uk/app/answers/detail/a_id/263/~/remembrance-faqs
The flag should not be flown at half mast on either day.
The Birthday of HM The King is listed as a flag flying day by UK government guidance.
The Union Flag is specified.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying
The Birthday of HM The King is also listed as a flag flying day by Scottish government guidance.
The Scottish Saltire is specified.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/
The International Transgender Day of Remembrance honours those murdered as a result of transphobia.
It is an official flag flying day in Scotland but not in the rest of the UK.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/
St Andrew’s Day is Scotland’s national day.
St Andrew’s Day is listed as a flag flying day by Scottish government guidance.
The Scottish Saltire is specified.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/
St Andrew’s Day is also listed as a flag flying day (for Scotland only) by UK government guidance.
The Union Flag is specified.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying
World AIDS Day takes place annually on 1 December. It is an international day first held in 1988 and dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic and mourning those who have died of the disease.
World AIDS Day is an official flag flying day in Scotland but not in the rest of the UK.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/
The start of LGBT+ History Month is an official flag flying day only in Scotland, not in the rest of the UK.
https://www.gov.scot/publications/flag-flying-on-government-buildings/
St David’s Day is Wales’ national day.
The Senedd Cymru flies the Welsh national flag – Y Ddraig Goch (The Red Dragon) – all year round.
On St David’s Day it also flies the flag of St David (below).
https://senedd.wales/media/hl5dtuct/foi-574-final-redacted-response-saes.pdf
St David’s Day is also listed as a flag flying day (for Wales only) by UK government guidance.
The Union Flag is specified.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/designated-days-for-union-flag-flying