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National flag of England:
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Photo above: Union
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The
flag of the UK is officially called the Union
flag, because it embodies the emblems of three
countries united under one monarch.
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The
emblems that appear on the Union Flag are the crosses
of the three patron Saints:
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the white diagonal cross, or saltire, of St
Andrew, for Scotland, on a blue ground; |
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the red cross of St George, for England, on
a white ground; and |
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the red diagonal cross attributed to St Patrick,
for Ireland, on a white ground. |
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The Welsh Flag, a red dragon on a field of white
and green, dates from the fifteenth century.Wales
is not represented on the Union Flag because by
the time the first version of the flag appeared,
Wales was already united with England
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