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Buckingham Palace (UK: / ˈ b ʌ k ɪ ŋ ə m /) [1] is a royal residence in London, and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. [a] [2] Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality.
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The Palace of Westminster, for example, usually flies the Union Flag, but flies the royal standard when the monarch is present for the State Opening of Parliament. When the monarch is not in residence at a palace in Scotland the royal banner of Scotland is flown; palaces in the rest of the UK fly the Union Flag.
Royal Standard for Scotland flying above the Palace of Holyroodhouse. In Scotland a separate version of the Royal Standard of the United Kingdom is used, whereby the red Lion Rampant of the Kingdom of Scotland appears in the first and fourth quadrants, displacing the three gold lions passant guardant of England, which occur only in the second quadrant.
Until 1997 the only flag to fly from Buckingham Palace was the Royal Standard, the official flag of the reigning British sovereign, and only when the sovereign was in residence at the palace. Even in times of mourning, the Royal Standard would not fly at half mast ("The king is dead, long live the king!").
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