User:GrahamSmith

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I live in England, which is part of Great Britain and therefore the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Our national flag goes by the name of the Union flag (commonly referred to as a "Union Jack") and comprises the combined flags of St Andrew, St George and St Patrick. Here are our flags:

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland UK (international code GB/GBR)

the flag of Saint George, Patron Saint of England England
the flag of Saint Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland Ireland
the flag of Saint Andrew, Patron Saint of Scotland Scotland

the Welsh dragon Wales

Great Britain comprises the countries of England, Scotland and Wales.

My reason for creating this page is that I was surprised to see a strange flag, comprising a upper left-diagonal of what appears to be the stars and stripes and a lower right diagonal of the union flag, being used on this website to represent the English. My surprise turned to mild annoyance when I discovered that site restrictions prevented me from uploading the correct flag.

English.png A strange design, combining the stars and stripes with the union flag.