Union Jack - Flag of United Kingdom

The Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is one of the national symbols of the United Kingdom.

The flag features a red cross on a white background. The cross is a Christian symbol and has been used as the country's flag since the mid-16th century. The flag's nickname, Union Jack, derives from the three crosses on the flag's upper left corner.

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[literallythenextmessi]

Fun factoid: There is also a portion of territories that use the Union Jack in their flag. E.g Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, and Bermuda just to name a few.

[tuoaotayo]

Niue: What about me?
Wales: What about me?

[sticugamer]

what about falkland islands? bermuda? cook island? hawaii? pictarin islands? winward islands? britanicos? virging islands?

[Albrik_IT]

At first it was represented Scotland and England
Since England already controlled Wales and Ireland
Irish people then got more recognition so they added the red diagonals for Ireland
But Wales was still very attached to England

[mangoicet]

The uk should add half green to add wales

[Mapping]

*Falkland Islands 🇫🇰 has left the chat*

[BBB-rlhl]

It is actually called the Union Flag, it is only called the union jack when on a ship

[Dax_mallard]

Pov falkand islands:are you serious rn

[mikenash]

How about Niue and some other territories from Uk?

[khajasodhuu]

Niue and the cook islands also have the union jack

[Costacor]

Wales was conquered before the uk existed and join the kingdom of England

[يوسف-مج]

You forgot a lot all the countries that use the Union Jack we have the British Indian ocean territory British Virgin Islands and a lot more

[Nobodybutalaska]

What about south Georgia and tge sandwich islands

[Megs_the_gamer]

Wales didn’t technically exist when the Union Jack was made

[railzfeverz]

*puts the Alabama flag instead of the Northern Ireland flag*

[lildevious]

Hawaii left the chat

(Yes I am aware Hawaii isn't a country)

[nestornurzhynskyy]

There more flag that have the uk flag is the uk territories

[WindowsSurfaceOffical]

Bro was originally watching global things 8 solid minutes of useless geographically facts or let's compare Uk or france and bro copied one of them