New Zealand Flag Institute

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QUEEN'S COLOUR -

See COLOUR.

 

QUEEN'S CROWN -

See CROWN.

 

QUEEN'S PERSONAL FLAG -

The Queen adopted a Personal Flag in 1960, and Personal Flags for the countries of which she is head of state in 1962. They represents the Queen’s personal authority, and have generally replaced the Royal Standard for use in connection with the Dominions and the British Commonwealth. The Personal Flag of the Queen for Canada is the ARMORIAL BANNER of Canada defaced with the personal badge of Queen Elizabeth II. The Personal Flags for Australia, New Zealand, Barbados, and the other Realms, are a plain blue shield defaced with the Queen’s personal badge.

 

Ratio -

The relationship of a flag's width to its length, e.g. France is 2:3; Germany is 3:5, Russia is 1:2.

 

RED -

See Gules.

 

RED ENSIGN -

The CIVIL ENSIGN of the United Kingdom. With a New Zealand badge of the four white stars of the Southern Cross in the fly, it becomes the New Zealand RED ENSIGN.

 

Reeve -

To pull the halyard through the truck, to raise or lower a flag.