It represents the four countries that are united under ... In the wake of the Queen's death, the Union Jack flag — in addition to all official flags — should be lowered to half-masted until ...

New Zealand, after much discussion of whether the union jack represents a legacy of colonialism, has voted to keep it in the top left-hand corner of its own flag. But several other countries ...

Other colonialist connotations have led all but four Commonwealth countries to remove the Union Jack from their national flags. One of them, New Zealand, is currently considering a referendum on ...

The Pacific island nation of Fiji is the latest country to signal ... the warm sentiments we all feel whenever it is raised," Bainimarama said. But he insists the Union Jack and other composite ...

Fiji is to remove the UK's union jack from its flag, Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has announced. The Commonwealth Pacific nation gained independence from Britain in 1970 - Mr Bainimarama said ...

The Union Jack, which dates back to the 1600s ... Farah said, "Not at all mate, this is my country." The flag has been embraced by tens of thousands of volunteers and millions of spectators.

THE national flag of the United Kingdom is also commonly known as the Union ... jack' once meant small." The flag consists of three heraldic crosses - combining the crosses of the three countries ...