Crowds witnessed the union jack lowered at Buckingham Palace, while the Royal Banner of Scotland at Holyroodhouse was also lowered to half-mast. The flag on the roof of No 10 Downing Street ...

Thousands of people gathered outside Buckingham Palace to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Countries around the world lowered their flags to half-staff and lit up monuments as tributes ...

As the 2006 film The Queen portrayed, the firm initially resisted the pressure to mark her passing but were ultimately persuaded after an intervention by Tony Blair. The Royal Flag Institute said the ...