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Flag of England

The flag of England is derived from Saint George’s Cross.

In heraldry, Saint George’s Cross is a red cross on a white background, which from the Late Middle Ages became associated with Saint George, the military saint, often depicted as a crusader.

Saint George became associated as «patron saint» of England after the English reformation. Since the early modern period, his flag came to be identified as the national flag of England.

Red crosses seem to have been used as a distinguishing mark worn by English soldiers from the reign of Edward I.

As part of the Union Jack, the Cross of St. George today continues to play an important symbolic role. Although when England and Scotland joined to form Great Britain in 1707 their flags lost individual international status.

Перевод описания флага на русском языке

Флаг Англии

Флаг Англии происходит от Креста Святого Георгия.

В геральдике крест Святого Георгия — это красный крест на белом фоне, который с позднего средневековья ассоциировался с военным святым Георгием, часто изображаемым как крестоносец.

Святой Георгий стал ассоциироваться как «покровитель» Англии после английской реформации. С начала современного периода его флаг стал идентифицироваться как национальный флаг Англии.

Красные кресты, похоже, использовались в качестве отличительного знака английских солдат со времен правления Эдварда I.

Cегодня «Крест Святого Георгия» является частью «Юнион Джека» и продолжает играть важную символическую роль. Хотя, когда Англия и Шотландия объединились, чтобы сформировать Великобританию в 1707 году, их флаги утратили индивидуальный международный статус.

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• Что делает на эмблеме Милана английский флаг
• Как нарисовать флаг Англии поэтапно
• Почему флаг Англии и Великобритании разные?

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Union Jack is the name of the flag of the United Kingdom. Union Flag, as it is officially called, is a combination of several flags: Scottish, English and Irish. The creation of the flag started when Scotland joined England and Wales.

It originally consisted of English and Scottish flags: St. Andrew’s cross, blue flag with a white cross, was joined with English St. George’s Cross, white flag with a red cross. This way original Union Jack of 1606 was a blue flag with two crosses (white and red). Later, in 1801 when Ireland joined the union a red cross from St. Patrick’s Cross (Irish flag) was added to the flag and the Union Jack began to look as it does today.

Despite being a part of the United Kingdom, Welsh flag (St. David) is not represented on the flag of the union. The reason might be that Wales is not a kingdom. It is interesting to notice that the Union Jack is also a part of the flags of Australia and New Zealand. King James III ordered that the flag should be flown on the main mast of all British ships.

Today the Union Jack is a popular symbol that regularly appears on clothes, bags, souvenirs and even cars. Its colours attract people so that it has become a fashionable emblem all over the world.

Перевод:

«Юнион Джек» – название флага Объединенного Королевства. «Юнион флаг», как он официально называется – это комбинация нескольких флагов: Шотландского, Английского и Ирландского. Создание флага началось, когда Шотландия присоединилась к Англии и Уэльсу.

Изначально он состоял из английского и шотландского флагов: «Андреевский Крест», синий флаг с белым крестом, был объединен с английским «Георгиевским Крестом» – белым флагом с красным крестом. Таким образом, «Юнион Джек» в 1606 году имел вид синего флага с двумя крестами (белым и красным). Позднее, в 1801 году, когда Ирландия присоединилась к союзу, красный крест с «Креста Святого Патрика» (Ирландского флага) был добавлен к флагу и «Юнион Джек» приобрел свой современный вид.

Несмотря на то, что Уэльс также является частью Объединенного Королевства, его флаг (Сент-Де́йвид) не представлен на флаге союза. Причиной, возможно, является то, что Уэльс не королевство. Интересно отметить, что «Юнион Джек» также является частью флагов Австралии и  Новой Зеландии. По распоряжению короля Якова III этот флаг развевался на грот-мачте каждого британского корабля.

Сегодня «Юнион Джек» — знаменитый символ, регулярно появляющийся на одежде, сумках, сувенирах и даже машинах. Его цвета привлекают людей, поэтому он стал модной эмблемой по всему миру.

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Слова и выражения:

Cross – крест

To be joined with – присоединить к…, объединиться с…

Despite +V ing/N – несмотря на (Despite being a part of…)

To be represented – быть изображенным/представленным

Kingdom – королевство

to order – распорядиться, приказать

mast – мачта

For the full history, current status, nomenclature, and its use other than as a flag for the United Kingdom, see Union Jack.

United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Union Flag, Union Jack, British flag, UK flag
Use	National flag
Proportion	3:5
Adopted	1 January 1801; 222 years ago
Design	A white-fimbriated symmetric red cross on a blue field with a white-fimbriated counterchanged saltire of red and white.
Alternate 1:2 ratio
Proportion	1:2
Red Ensign
Use	Civil ensign
Proportion	1:2
Design	A red field with the Union Flag in the canton. See Red Ensign.
Blue Ensign
Use	State ensign
Proportion	1:2
Design	A blue field with the Union Flag in the canton. See Blue Ensign.
White Ensign
Use	Naval ensign
Proportion	1:2
Design	A symmetric red cross on a white field with the Union Flag in the canton. See White Ensign.
Royal Air Force Ensign
Use	Air force ensign
Proportion	1:2
Design	A field of air force blue with the Union Flag in the canton and the RAF roundel in the middle of the fly.

The national flag of the United Kingdom is the Union Jack, also known as the Union Flag.^[1]

The design of the Union Jack dates back to the Act of Union 1801 which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland (previously in personal union) to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The flag consists of the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England (which also represents Wales)), edged in white, superimposed on the saltire of St Patrick (patron saint of Ireland), also edged in white, which are superimposed on the saltire of Saint Andrew (patron saint of Scotland). Wales is not represented in the Union Flag by Wales’s patron saint, Saint David, because the flag was designed whilst Wales was part of the Kingdom of England.

The flag proportions on land and the war flag used by the British Army have the proportions 3:5.^[2] The flag’s height-to-length proportions at sea are 1:2.^[3]

The earlier flag of Great Britain was established in 1606 by a proclamation of King James VI and I of Scotland and England.^[4] The new flag of the United Kingdom was officially created by an Order in Council of 1801, with its blazon reading as follows:

The Union Flag shall be azure, the Crosses saltire of Saint Andrew and Saint Patrick quarterly per saltire, counter-changed, argent and gules, the latter fimbriated of the second, surmounted by the Cross of Saint George of the third fimbriated as the saltire.^[5]

No official standardised colours were specified, although the Flag Institute defines the red and royal blue colours as Pantone 186 C and Pantone 280 C, respectively.^[6]

Flying the flag

The Union Flag can be flown by any individual or organisation in Great Britain on any day of their choice. Legal regulations restrict the use of the Union Flag on Government buildings in Northern Ireland. Long-standing restrictions on Government use of the flag elsewhere were abolished in July 2007.^[7][8]

Upside-down

While the flag appears symmetric, the white lines above and below the diagonal red are different widths. On the side closer to the flagpole (or on the left when depicted on paper), the white lines above the diagonals are wider; on the side farther from the flagpole (or on the right when depicted on paper), the converse is true. Thus, no change will be apparent when rotating the flag 180 degrees, but if mirrored the flag will be upside-down.

Placing the flag upside down is considered lèse majesté and is offensive to some.^[9][10] However, it can be flown upside down as a distress signal. While this is rare, it was used by groups under siege during the Boer War and during campaigns in India in the late 18th century.^{[citation needed]}

St Patrick’s saltire

Because of the relative positions of the saltires of St Patrick and St Andrew, the UK flag is not symmetrical. The red saltire of St Patrick is offset such that it does not relegate the white saltire of St Andrew to a mere border. St Andrew’s saltire has the higher position at the hoist side with St Patrick’s saltire in the higher position on the opposite side.

Half-mast

The Union Flag is flown from Government buildings at half-mast in the following situations:^[11]

• from the announcement of the death of the Sovereign (an exception is made for Proclamation Day – the day the new Sovereign is proclaimed, when the Flag is flown at full mast from 11 am to sunset)
• the day of the funeral of a member of the British Royal Family
• the funeral of a foreign Head of State
• the funeral of a former British Prime Minister

The Sovereign sometimes declares other days when the Union Flag is to fly at half-mast. Half-mast means the flag is flown two-thirds of the way up the flagpole with at least the height of the flag between the top of the flag and the top of the flagpole.^[12]

Flying from public buildings

Until July 2007, the Union Flag was only flown on Government buildings on a limited number of special days each year. The choice of days was managed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).^[7] Government buildings are those used by civil servants, the Crown, or the armed forces. They were not applicable to private citizens, corporations, or local authorities.^[7]

On 3 July 2007, the Justice Secretary Jack Straw laid a green paper before Parliament entitled The Governance of Britain.^[8] Alongside a range of proposed changes to the constitutional arrangements of the UK was a specific announcement that there would be consultation on whether the rules on flag-flying on Government buildings should be relaxed.

Two days later, Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that with immediate effect the Union Flag would fly from the flag pole above the front entrance of 10 Downing Street on every day of the year. The intention was to increase feelings of British national identity. Other Government departments were asked to follow this lead, and all Government buildings in Whitehall did so.^{[13][14][15][16][17][18]}

James Purnell, Culture Secretary from June 2007 to January 2008 in Brown’s administration, subsequently concurred with the abolition of the restrictions – pending consultation on longer term arrangements.

Flag days

The flag days directed by the DCMS include birthdays of members of the Royal Family, the wedding anniversary of the Monarch, Commonwealth Day, Accession Day, Coronation Day, The King’s official birthday, Remembrance Sunday and (in the Greater London area) on the days of the State Opening and prorogation of Parliament.^[19]

Since 2022, the relevant days have been:

• 9 January: the birthday of The Princess of Wales
• 20 January: the birthday of The Countess of Wessex
• 19 February: the birthday of The Duke of York
• Second Sunday in March: Commonwealth Day
• 10 March: the birthday of The Earl of Wessex
• 9 April: the anniversary of the wedding of The King and The Queen consort.
• A Saturday in June: The King’s Official Birthday
• 21 June: the birthday of The Prince of Wales
• 17 July: the birthday of The Queen consort
• 15 August: the birthday of The Princess Royal
• 8 September: the anniversary of The King’s accession in 2022
• Second Sunday in November: Remembrance Sunday
• 14 November: The King’s birthday

In addition, the flag should be flown in the following areas on the specified days:

• Wales, 1 March: Saint David’s Day
• Northern Ireland, 17 March: Saint Patrick’s Day
• England, 23 April: Saint George’s Day
• Scotland, 30 November: Saint Andrew’s Day
• Greater London: the opening or proroguing of Parliament

Some non-central government bodies still continue to follow the flag days.

In Scotland, the Scottish Government has decreed that the Flag of Scotland («the Saltire») will fly on all its buildings every day from 8 am until sunset, but there is no specific policy on flying the Union Flag and as such it is sometimes flown alongside the Saltire and sometimes omitted. An exception is made for «national days». On these days, the Saltire shall be lowered and replaced with the Union Flag. These are the same as the flag days noted above with the exception of:

• 3 September: Merchant Navy Day

On Saint Andrew’s Day, the Union Flag can only be flown if the building has more than one flagpole—the Saltire will not be lowered to make way for the Union Flag if there is only one flagpole.^[20]

Wales representation

In November 2007 the then culture minister Margaret Hodge said she would consider a redesign of the Union Flag to incorporate the Welsh dragon, during a debate in the House of Commons on the frequency with which the flag flies above public buildings. The issue was initially raised by Ian Lucas, another Labour MP, who complained that the flag introduced in 1606 following the accession of James VI of Scotland to the English throne as James I assumed the Welsh population as English under the bracket of England and Wales (represented by the cross of St George) which he then combined with the saltire of St Andrew which represented the union of England and Scotland. This principle continued in 1801 when the St Patrick cross was incorporated following the Union with Ireland Act 1800. Lucas claimed the identity of Wales had been suppressed ever since the Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542. In the debate, Albert Owen MP said that «we in Wales do not feel part of the union flag because the dragon or the cross of St David is not on it.»^[21] Conservative MP Stewart Jackson described the comments as «eccentric».^[22]

Northern Ireland

In Northern Ireland, the Union Flag is flown from buildings of the Northern Ireland Office as decreed by Regulations published in 2000.^[23] The Regulations were amended in 2002 to remove the requirement to fly the flag on the birthdays of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon who both died that year.^[24] The current flag days are now the same as the United Kingdom government days noted above with the exception of the Duchess of Cornwall’s birthday, which was only added to the UK flag days after her wedding to the Prince of Wales in 2005, and has not yet been extended to Northern Ireland.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland is the only body in the United Kingdom that is not permitted to fly the Union Flag, and is only permitted to fly its service flag or the Royal Standard in the event of a visit by the Sovereign.^[25]

Scottish independence

As of 2013, numerous proposals were made about how the Union Flag might be altered to create a flag for the union of England, Wales and Northern Ireland after possible Scottish independence.^[26] The College of Arms stated that there would be no need to change the flag in those circumstances, and the existing flag could continue to be used if desired.^[27] Regarding the removal of Scottish heraldic features from the Union Flag, the Court of the Lord Lyon stated in 2012 that «[that] would be speculation at this stage, and we could only cross that bridge if we came to it.»^[28]

Construction sheets

See also

• Commonwealth’s flags
• Historical flags of the British Empire and the overseas territories
• List of United Kingdom flags – a list of flags used within the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British overseas territories.
  • List of English flags – a list of flags used within England
    • List of Cornish flags – a list of flags used within Cornwall
  • List of Northern Irish flags – a list of flags used within Northern Ireland
  • List of Scottish flags – a list of flags used within Scotland
  • List of Welsh flags – a list of flags used within Wales
• List of Irish flags – a list of flags used within the Republic of Ireland
• National colours of the United Kingdom
• Protectorate Jack

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Национальный флаг Англии представляет собой белое полотнище с красным прямым крестом Святого Георгия, который считается небесным покровителем англичан. Официальные пропорции флага — 3:5, ширина линий красного креста составляет 15 от ширины полотна. Первое упоминание флага Англии с Георгиевским крестом относится к 1545 году.Крест Святого Георгия является одной из первых известных эмблем Англии. Он стал английским символом в Средневековье, во время Крестовых походов.Святой Георгий стал покровителем Англии в ХІІІ веке. Существует теория, что Крест стал использоваться, как национальная эмблема (но не флаг), в ходе Уэльской войны 1275 года.Есть мнение, что Крест был принят Англией для наделения флота особой символикой. Английский монарх Ричард Львиное Сердце изначально выбрал в качестве покровителя Святого Георгия. Потом английские суда поднимали белый флаг с красным крестом, чтобы извлечь выгоду определённую: когда-то Крест был символом Генуи, и Англия таким образом подпадала под протекторат мощного флота.

The national flag of England is a white flag with a red direct cross of St. George, considered the patron Saint of the English. The official proportions of the flag is 3:5, the width of the lines of the red cross is 15 of the width of the canvas. The first mention of the flag of England with the George cross refers to 1545.The cross of St. George is one of the earliest known emblems of England. He became a British symbol in the middle Ages, during the Crusades.
Saint George became the patron Saint of England in the THIRTEENTH century. There is a theory that the Cross was used as the national emblem (but not the flag), during the Welsh war of 1275.
It is believed that the Cross was adopted by England to grant the Navy special symbols. English monarch Richard the lion Heart originally chose as patron St. George. Then the English court raised the white flag with the red cross, to benefit certain: once the cross was the symbol of Genoa, and England thus fell under the protectorate of a powerful fleet.