Chapter 2 · What Is the UK?
The Union Flag Composition
Source: Handbook p.19
The Union Flag (also called the Union Jack) combines three crosses: the red cross of St George (England) on a white background; the diagonal white cross of St Andrew (Scotland) on a blue background; and the diagonal red cross of St Patrick (Ireland) on a white background. The Welsh dragon is not on the Union Flag because Wales was already united with England when the first Union Flag was created in 1606.
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