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FLAG FLYING ETIQUETTE
1. Anyone in England is allowed to fly any national flag without the local councils permission. Other flags like clubs, religion, events etc. will need planning permission [ see 5 below ].
2. Great care must be taken to ensure no national flag is flown upside down. This is a recognised symbol of 'surrender' and could, albeit innocently, offend.
3. No national flag should be flown beneath another on the same pole or flagstaff, this is a sign of capture and conquest.
4. It is consider a sign of disrespect if a national flag is allowed to touch the floor when being hoisted or lowered. However, lowering a flag and pole to the ground when on parade is a sign of respect, as seen in remembrance services as Last Post is sounded.
5. The modern trend to insert 'ENGLAND' on the red cross bar of the English national flag is entirely incorrect. Such a flag cannot be said to be the English national flag [ see 1 above ].
1. Anyone in England is allowed to fly any national flag without the local councils permission. Other flags like clubs, religion, events etc. will need planning permission [ see 5 below ].
2. Great care must be taken to ensure no national flag is flown upside down. This is a recognised symbol of 'surrender' and could, albeit innocently, offend.
3. No national flag should be flown beneath another on the same pole or flagstaff, this is a sign of capture and conquest.
4. It is consider a sign of disrespect if a national flag is allowed to touch the floor when being hoisted or lowered. However, lowering a flag and pole to the ground when on parade is a sign of respect, as seen in remembrance services as Last Post is sounded.
5. The modern trend to insert 'ENGLAND' on the red cross bar of the English national flag is entirely incorrect. Such a flag cannot be said to be the English national flag [ see 1 above ].