Don't fly the Union flag upside down!

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Please don't fly the Union Flag
upside down!

Woodlands Junior School is in the south-east corner of England

Back to the start of the sory of the British Flag

We have been sent in so many examples of the Unon flag being flown upside down that we have created this new page (see original page). It is "lese Majeste" (which means: insulting the Crown), and is theoretically still a crime in the UK and its commonwealth to fly the Union flag upside down!

Examples of the Union flag flying upside down

With thanks to David Webb for sending us the following images with the flag unfortunately being displayed the wrong way up.

A book with the Union Flg upside down on the front cover

Corret way to fly the union flag

The yellow rectangle highlights how you can tell when the flag is upside down. The broader (wider) diagonal white stripe should be at the top left hand side of the flag nearest the flagpole.

David Webb spotted Union flag upside down on the the Cook Island's flag below during the Island Parish programme about the Scilly Isle people.

Cooks Island Flag
Cook Island flag

Rye

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Gordon Brown's official car
Gordon Brown’s official car in Paris

Corret way to fly the union flag

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