Flag of the United Kingdom: Historical Evolution

Historical Flags of the United Kingdom: The national flag of the United Kingdom is the Union Jack, also known as the Union Flag. The design of the Union Jack dates back to the Act of Union 1801 which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The flag consists of the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England), edged in white, superimposed on the saltire of St Patrick (patron saint of Ireland), also edged in white, which are superimposed on the saltire of Saint Andrew (patron saint of Scotland). Wales is not represented in the Union Flag by Wales's patron saint, Saint David, because the flag was designed while Wales was part of the Kingdom of England.

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"The Throne Room" by Sir Cubworth

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[GeograFun]

Choose the next timeline and vote for your favorite flag (see community tab)

[jin..]

The British flag is the coolest flag design in the world, meaning "unity".

[Chicago_R]

Yess! My country! Thank you for this video and nice editing on this video

[anass]

Thank you for making this video I was waiting for it

[CasualAiden]

fun fact: as a British citizen born in England, I can confirm the queen is immortal

[clovisjunior]

The sun never sets for Britain. God bless you, british people. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[cleocailing]

The best anthem with Philippine and USA and canada with poland

[bakerstreet]

The original flag of England looks almost the same as the flags of the Nordic countries.

[JackaNilsonz]

My favourite flags are England, Scotland, Ireland and UK

[mrafageograph]

RIP Queen Elizabeth 2
God save the Queen 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[dusannn]

We wanna see more historical evoultion of flags! Africa maybe?

[starleaf-luna]

OH YEAH, ireland did put their cross thing in front of the scottish cross thing before england came in the union

[Georgin]

I'm Russian (Liberal anti-Putins Russian...), and I love Great Britain and its culture very much!
🇷🇺❤🇬🇧 The British are probably one of the greatest nations in the world, if not the greatest. 💪💂‍♀️💷 And, of course, the Union Jack is the best 🇬🇧

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Can the next be Flag History of Uzbekistan?

[ai-kim]

UK Foo Ball
UK : United Kingdom of Great Britain Northern Ireland

[jensschroder]

What about King William III of England and III Orange, also called William II of Scotland in 1700 ?
Was there a Union Jack with orange stripes?
After all, he was from the Dutch royal family and also ruled over the Netherlands.

[AjmalKhan-jgbi]

Is Wales not included in the United Kingdom?

[raidertheconqueror]

everything that went wrong with this Country

[priyanshdevkota]

0:07 the saxons who were ruling England+Norman's never used this flag

[ameen-amine]

So UK is a land of 3 countries England Scotland and irland