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The current flag is [[blazon|blazoned]] ''Azure, the Crosses Saltire of St. Andrew and St. Patrick, quarterly per saltire, counterchanged Argent and Gules, the latter fimbriated of the second, surmounted by the Cross of St. George of the third, fimbriated as the saltire.''
===Other proposed versions===
[[Image:Proposed Union Jacks.png|right|80px]]
Various other designs for a common flag were draw up following the union of the two Crowns in 1603, but were never used. The two shown here include St George's cross with St Andrew's cross in the canton, and another version where the two crosses are side-by-side. Also, some Scots were upset that the Scottish flag was underneath the English flag in the version finally adopted, and preferred a version where the Scottish cross was on top.
==Status==
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*[http://fotw.vexillum.com/flags/gb.html United Kingdom flags at FOTW]
*[http://www.flaginstitute.org/fiunionflag.htm The Flag Institute - The Union Flag]
*[http://www.lyon-court.com/lordlyon/ll_baseTemplate.jsp?pContentID=218&p_applic=CCC&pMenuID=183&p_service=Content.show& The Lyon Court: Flags]▼
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/4116988.stm Monochrome Union Jack not flown to avoid controversy]▼
*British flags during [[The Protectorate]] and the [[Commonwealth of England]] - see [http://flagspot.net/flags/gb-inter.html external link]
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*[[Commonwealth of Nations]]
==References==
*''The Kings and Queens of England and Scotland'' by [[Plantagenet Somerset Fry]] (Grove Press, 1990). Includes several proposed versions of the original Union Flag.
▲*[http://www.lyon-court.com/lordlyon/ll_baseTemplate.jsp?pContentID=218&p_applic=CCC&pMenuID=183&p_service=Content.show& The Lyon Court: Flags]
▲*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/norfolk/4116988.stm Monochrome Union Jack not flown to avoid controversy]
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