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16/6/2005 at 3:58pm
Location: Shropshire North Wales borders Outfit: Adria Win
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I am a bit confused by Pennine Plodder's reference to the Queen's Standard as I cannot find a flag of that name. Do you mean the Royal Standard?
"The Royal Standard known to historians is properly 33 feet long (and thus a fairly tall staff would be required). Its use signals the rallying point for the Sovereign's supporters, and thus its design includes the national ensign (today the Union, but in earlier times in the British Isles the cross of St George or of St Andrew) plus a few of those Sovereign's badges that the supporters would be expected to recognise easily."
It seems that if it was the Royal Standard then it needed to be on a high pole & it is a rallying point for supporters of Her Majesty. So I cannot see why you should object.
Or was it this:
"The Royal Standard used today is properly the Royal Banner, featuring the arms of the Sovereign and signalling the Sovereign's physical presence, but it has come to be known as a square standard. As the original Royal Standard fell into disuse, the Royal Banner assumed the name of the original and acquired some of the original's symbolism. Thus today the Sovereign's Banner-Standard is used as a banner to display the arms of sovereignty of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland (Wales, never a kingdom and ranking today as a principality, is not present), and as a standard it is flown only from the highest position, never lowered to half-mast, not even at the death of the Sovereign."
In which case I too would have expected Her Maj (or at least a corgi or two) to appear at some point.
------------- Caz
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