The blue rectangle, originally adopted from the Union Flag since erstwhile Malaya was a British colony, now means unity of the people of the country. The flag was adopted on May 26, 1950.

Since Confederation, the Canadian national flag had been the British Union Jack - a symbol of Canada's former colonial status. The Red Ensign - a modified version of the flag of the British ...

also called the Grand Union Flag, aboard the warship Alfred anchored in the Delaware River. The Colonial banner, a combination of the British Union Jack and one stripe for each Colony, is adopted ...

The British Union flag (L) and the European Union (EU) flag fly side-by-side outside City Hall, the headquarters of the Greater London Authority. (Photo: LEON NEAL / AFP) More than 120,000 Britons ...

Anger has erupted after it emerged protesters ripped a Union Jack to shreds at a demonstration ... Britain's security and flying the Ukrainian flag shows British solidarity with people in the ...