Flags Of England
This is a list of English flags, symbolic national and sub-national flags, standards and banners used exclusively in England.
The Flag Institute maintains a national registry of United Kingdom flags, the UK Flag Registry. Authority to grant heraldic bearings to individuals and corporations belongs to the sovereign as the fount of all honours, and in England, Northern Ireland and Wales this is delegated to the College of Arms. Local authority flags come within this category when based on the arms granted to that authority. Such a flag is the authority's personal property, representing that authority rather than its area.
Read more about Flags Of England: National Flag, Royal Standards, Government, Church
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