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HM King Charles III DG FD ( Flax_vert@feddit.uk )  to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 months ago

Union Jack Flag Flown Upside Down During King Charles and Queen Camilla's Visit to Arlington Cemetery

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Union Jack Flag Flown Upside Down During King Charles and Queen Camilla's Visit to Arlington Cemetery

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HM King Charles III DG FD ( Flax_vert@feddit.uk )  to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 5 months ago
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  • Tomtits ( blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    I’m just going to presume it’s because the majority of the US is thick as fuck, rather than this being done on purpose

    • GwentLarry ( GwentLarry@feddit.uk ) 
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      Plenty in the UK don’t know which way up it should be - I got into a lengthy argument with somebody recently who insisted it was a left/right issue and had nothing to do with where the flag pole might be.

  • zwerg ( zwerg@feddit.org ) 
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    As a Brit, I was told this was a sign of emergency… Maybe they are trying to say something?

    • NigelFrobisher ( NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ) 
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      We could send over Sharpe, a bunch of redcoats, Robson & Jerome, and Our Girl from Our Girl, and they’d sort everything out in time for afternoon tea.

    • GwentLarry ( GwentLarry@feddit.uk ) 
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      A common belief but no evidence to support it.

      https://www.tastesofhistory.co.uk/post/dispelling-some-myths-upside-down-union-flags

  • Korhaka ( Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ) 
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    Seems kinda fitting, things are a bit shit right now.

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