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The only time a different flag would be flown from the Palace would be upon the death of the sovereign, when the flag of the next most senior member of the Royal Family present at the palace would be raised. [citation needed] The size of the flag is varied according to the importance of the event, with a normal-sized flag being used most of the ...
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 ...
There was some controversy in the United Kingdom in 1997 following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, over the fact that no flag was flown at half-mast at Buckingham Palace. 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.
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]
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 ...
[17] [18] Flags flew at full-mast at 11:00am on Saturday as the proclamation was being read, before being returned to half-mast until the day of the Queen's funeral. [19] Several services were held across the UK on the same day and the day after during which the proclamation was read by local officials. [20]