The Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1816–1837) impaled with the arms of her father, Duke Georg I of Saxe-Meiningen.

Until July 2007, the Union Flag was only flown on UK 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). [15] 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. [15] This list includes flags that either have been in use or are currently used by the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies.

Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1986) [1904]. The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopædia of Armory. London: Bloomsbury Books. p.399. ISBN 0-906223-34-2. Plain English guide to flying flags" (PDF). Department for Communities and Local Government. p.1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Banner of arms (flag form of a coat of arms) have long been used to represent local authority councils and the areas they cover. [29] Some of these include the banners used by Northumberland and Hertfordshire County Councils which before 2012 had already "released" their banners of arms for use as historic county flags, in most cases a historic county flag is derived or (for the two counties) directly adopted. [30]

More than 4,000 staff from various UK Government departments and agencies can work from the hub and it has the capacity to host full UK Cabinet meetings. Banner of the princely House of Aberffraw and the Kingdom of Gwynedd famously used by Llywelyn the Great, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and Owain Lawgoch. The Prince of Wales uses a version of this flag today emblazoned with a Crown on a green shield PANTONE. "PANTONE 186 C – find a PANTONE Color". www.pantone.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021 . Retrieved 16 November 2017.

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Post Office Blue Ensign (before 1864)". The Collection. National Maritime Museum. AAA3687 . Retrieved 12 August 2013. The Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom defaced with a three-point label (with the second point charged with the Cross of St. George), quartered with the arms of Saxony. A green field strewn with acorns and a golden horseshoe in the centre. (Registered by the Flag Institute) [163]