United Kingdom Flag
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The UK flag has three colors; red, white and blue within a combination of red crosses with white edges and a blue background. White stripes edge the front red cross which is superimposed onto another red diagonal cross. The two red crosses align proportionally on top of the blue field which has a white saltire. The flag, also known as the “Union Flag” and also nicknamed “Union Jack”. Union Flag’s standard height to length ratio is 1:2, however, the war flag variant that the British Army uses has a height to length ratio of 3:5. Great Britain adopted the flag in 1801.
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Union Flag draws from three different flags which represent three of the four constituent countries that make up the UK. The front
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In 1606, Kinga James established a flag, which was a combination of the two territories’ flags, by a proclamation. The flag, referred to as “Great Union,” consisted of the Red Cross of Saint George and the saltire of Saint Andrew. Before the entry of Northern Island, the flag had no red saltire and Scotland had also presented their unofficial version of the flag that had the white saltire at the front of the others. The current flag was a product of redesigning the Great Union flag to incorporate the red diagonal cross of Saint Patrick in 1801.
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The flag of the UK, also known as the Union Jack, brings together symbols of the four constituent countries that make up the UK; England, Scotland, and Ireland. By the time they finished designing the flag, Wales was part of the UK. The regions used their flags for military purposes until the monarchy saw the need for a union flag leading to the adoption of the Union Jack in 1801. As of 2007 and because of Scotland’s quest for secession, there have been calls for additional redesigns.
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