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United Kingdom // Union Jack

Sub-collection: United Kingdom

Control over coats of arms, flags, and other symbols in Britain has always been a prerogative of the Crown, i.e. the king or queen.To counsel the sovereign in matters relating to flags and heraldry, King Richard III created the College of Arms in 1483. It continues to operate today.

The Union Jack (also called the Union Flag) was design[...]

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