The photo was taken at the British Consulate General in Turkey in 2022, not in the U.K. in 2024. There are no credible reports of government buildings in Britain lowering their flags to half-mast ...

Flying flags at half-staff—partway down the flagpole—is ... such as to mark the death of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965, Pope John Paul II in 2005, and Queen Elizabeth ...

Four state governors have ordered flags flown at half-staff before Monday ... such as to mark the death of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965. Fort Wayne honors "wonderful ...

And it is raised all the way up for one second before being lowered to half-mast. “When a British national flag is at half-mast, other flags on the same stand of poles should also be at half ...