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Flag Flying Days
| Date |
Occasion |
Flag |
| January |
|
|
| 20th |
Birthday
off The Countess of Wessex (see note 6) |
Union |
| 26th |
Australia
Day |
Australian |
| February |
|
|
| 6th |
Her
Majesty's Accession (see note 6) |
Union |
| 8th |
New
Zealand Commonwealth Day |
New
Zealand |
| 19th |
Birthday
of The Duke of York (see note 6) |
Union |
| March |
|
|
| 1st |
St.
David's Day (in Wales only, see note 1 & 6) |
Welsh
Red Dragon |
| 2nd
Mon |
Commonwealth
Day (see note 6) |
Union |
| 10th |
Birthday
of The Earl of Wessex (see note 6) |
Union |
| 17th |
St.
Patrick's Day |
St.
Patrick's Cross |
| April |
|
|
| 21st |
Birthday
of Her Majesty The Queen (see note 6) |
Union |
| 23rd |
St.
George's Day (in England only, see note 1 & 6) |
St.
George's Cross |
| May |
|
|
| 9th |
Europe
Day (see note 4 & 6) |
European
Union |
| June |
|
|
| 2nd |
Coronation
Day (see note 6) |
Union |
| as
appointed |
Official
Celebration of Her Majesty The Queen's Birthday (see note 6) |
Union |
| 10th |
Birthday
of The Duke of Edinburgh (see note 6) |
Union |
| 21st |
Birthday
of The Prince William |
Union |
| July |
|
|
| 1st |
Canadian
Dominion Day |
Canadian |
| 4th |
USA
Independence Day |
USA |
| 14th |
Bastille
Day
|
French |
| 17th |
Birthday
of The Duchess of Cornwall (see note 6) |
Union |
| August |
|
|
| 15th |
Birthday
of The Princess Royal (see note 6) |
Union |
| September |
|
|
| 15th |
Birthday
of The Prince Harry |
Union |
| October |
|
|
| 21st |
Trafalgar
Day |
Union |
| 24th |
United
Nations Day United |
United
Nations |
| November |
|
|
| 2nd
Sun |
Remembrance
Day (see note 2 & 6) |
Union |
| 14th |
Birthday
of The Prince of Wales (see note 6) |
Union |
| 20th |
Her
Majesty's Wedding Anniversary (see note 6) |
Union |
| 30th |
St.
Andrew's Day (in Scotland only, see note 1 & 6) |
St.
Andrew's Cross |
Also
The day of the opening of a Session at the Houses of Parliament
by
Her Majesty (see note 3 & 6).
The day of the prorogation of a Session of the Houses of Parliament
by Her Majesty (see note 3 & 6).
Notes:
1 |
Where
a building has two or more flagpoles the appropriate National
flag may be flown in addition to the Union Flag but not in
a superior position.
|
2 |
Flags
should be flown at full mast from 08.00 hours to sunset.
|
3 |
Flags
should be flown on this day irrespective of whether or not
Her Majesty performs the ceremony in person, but only on buildings
in the Greater London area.
|
4 |
The
Union flag should fly alongside the European flag. On Government
buildings that only have one flagpole, the Union flag should
take precedence.
|
5 |
The
Royal Standard is never hoisted when Her Majesty is passing
in procession. If The Queen is to be present in a building,
you should contact the Department for Culture, Media and Sport,
Architecture and Historic Environment Division, 2-4 Cockspur
Street, London SW1Y 5DH.
|
6 |
Denotes
Government buildings. |
Definition
of a Government Building
A Government building for the purposes of flag flying is a building
that is owned by the Crown or where the majority of occupants are
civil servants.
Rules for hoisting flags of Governement Buildings
The following regulations are circulated by Her Majesty’s
command to the Government offices concerned.
Dates
on which flags are to be flown
The dates named in the accompanying schedule above.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport will inform you of
any other occasions where Her Majesty has given a special command.
Provincial Buildings
The schedule applies to provincial as well as to London Buildings
(but see notes 1 & 4). Where it has been the practice to fly
the flag daily as in the case of some Customs Houses, this practice
may continue.
| Occasions on which flags
are to be flown at half mast |
| a) |
From
the announcement of the death up to the funeral of the
Sovereign, except on Proclamation Day, when which they
are hoisted full mast from 11am to sunset.
|
b) |
The
funerals of members of The Royal Family, subject to special
commands from Her Majesty in each case.
|
c) |
The
funerals of Foreign Rulers, subject to special commands
from Her Majesty in each case.
|
d) |
The
funerals of Prime Ministers and ex-Prime Ministers of
the United Kingdom, subject to special commands from
Her Majesty in each case.
|
e) |
Other
occasions by special command of Her Majesty which will
be communicated by the Department for Culture, Media
and Sport.
|
Rules when days for
flying flags coincide with days for flying
flags at half mast to be flown: |
| a) |
Although
a member of the Royal Family or, near relative of the Royal
Family, may be lying dead unless special commands are received
from Her Majesty to the contrary.
|
b) |
Although
it may be the day of the funeral of a Foreign Ruler.
|
If
the body of a very distinguished subject is lying at a
Government Office the flag may fly as half mast on that
office until the body has left (provided it is a day on
which the flag would fly) and then the flag is to be hoisted
full mast. On all other Public Buildings the flag will
fly as usual.
|
To obtain updated information to event as they happen go to www.culture.gov.uk/flagflying
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