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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!").
Buckingham Palace said union flags will be flown at full-mast from the time of the Principal Proclamation at St James’s Palace until one hour after the proclamations in Scotland, Northern ...
(Flags were lowered half-mast when Queen Elizabeth II died in September 2022. In the United States the flags will also fly half-mast when Presidents die, or national treasures, like James Gandolfini.)
The Union flag on Buckingham Palace was at half mast on Thursday. ... are to be “half masted on all UK government buildings as soon as possible today until 0800 the day following the Queen’s ...
Customarily the only flag to fly from Buckingham Palace had been the Royal Standard when the sovereign was in residence at the palace; otherwise, no flag would fly. In response to public outcry, [ 119 ] Queen Elizabeth II ordered a break with protocol, replacing the Royal Standard with the Union Flag at half mast as soon as she left the palace ...
Harper advised Governor General Michaëlle Jean to order all flags across Canada flown to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on January 2, 2007, in sympathy with the national day of mourning in the U.S. [7] In the United Kingdom, the Union Flag at Buckingham Palace was flown at half-staff on December 28. [8]
Flags were returned to full-mast at government buildings across the UK as the period of national mourning following the death of Queen Elizabeth II ended on September 20.This video shows the ...
The Union flag above Buckingham Palace, flying at half-mast following the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox (PA) ... been flown at full mast above Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Sandringham ...