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The flag of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: bratach na h-Alba; [1] Scots: Banner o Scotland, also known as St Andrew's Cross or the Saltire) [2] is the national flag of Scotland, which consists of a white saltire defacing a blue field.
Flag of the Church of Scotland: The flag of Scotland with the burning bush in the centre. Flag of the Diocese of Brechin: A banner of the Diocese's coat of arms. Flag of the Scottish Republican Socialist Movement: The flag of Scotland on the left side of a red flag, with a golden Triquetra knot in the centre of the red section.
The Royal Arms of Scotland [2] is a coat of arms symbolising Scotland and the Scottish monarchs.The blazon, or technical description, is "Or, a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the second", meaning a red lion with blue tongue and claws on a yellow field and surrounded by a red double royal tressure flory counter-flory device.
Scottish independence (Scottish Gaelic: Neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba; Scots: Scots unthirldom) [1] is the idea of Scotland regaining its independence and once again becoming a sovereign state, independent from the United Kingdom. The term Scottish independence refers to the political movement that is campaigning to bring it about. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Royal Banner being flown above Holyrood Palace. Displaying a red lion rampant, with blue tongue and claws, within a red double border on a yellow background, the design of the Royal Banner of Scotland is formally specified in heraldry as: Or, a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the second, [12] meaning: A gold (Or) background, whose ...
Flag of Scotland. Scottish nationalism promotes the idea that the Scottish people form a cohesive nation and national identity.. Scottish nationalism began to shape from 1853 with the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights, progressing into the Scottish National Movement in the 1920s [1] maturing by the 1970s [2] and achieved its present ideological maturity in the 1980s ...
Scotland’s First Minister kicked off a campaign for a second independence referendum. Publishing the first in a series of papers that will form a prospectus for an independent Scotland, the ...
A red flag featuring the name of the island in yellow and two mermaids inside a blue oval. 1967–1969: Anguilla: The 1967–1969 independence flag and is still widely seen and used on the island as an unofficial flag to this day. 1990–1999: Anguilla: A defaced Blue Ensign with the coat of arms of Anguilla in the fly. 1999– Anguilla