The Flag Institute, based in Mayfair, London, is the world's leading research and documentation centre for flags and flag information. It was founded on St. George's Day, 23 April, 1971. New Union ...

Last November, the Flag Institute, which manages the United Kingdom's national Flag Registry, conducted a survey on the future of the Union flag if Scotland becomes independent. The national flag ...

The United Kingdom's effort to keep Scotland failed both literally and figuratively on Tuesday when Prime Minister David Cameron ordered the Scottish flag to be flown above his office. It fell ...

When the flag was first created in 1606, it was ordered primarily to fly at sea, situated atop the main masthead of all English and Scottish ships, warships and merchant ships.

Image caption, People can be Scottish and British - like Laura Muir here celebrating winning the 1000m for the Great Britain team with a Scottish flag That Kingdom still exists today, and now ...

The Union Jack brings together the flags of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, which are the three territories that, together with Wales, make up the United Kingdom. The Welsh flag is not ...