This is the Union Flag
Union Flag 1800 (Far Left) St. Patrick's Saltire, Ireland (Left) St. George's Cross, England (Center) St. Andrew's Saltire, Scotland (Right) Union Flag 1707 (Far Right)
For an explanation of the Union and its flag click the button below.
For an explanation of the Union and its flag click the button below.
This page includes interesting facts about Great Britain's History and its People.
The English consume more tea per capita than any other country in the world: three times that of Japan and an unbelievable twenty-two times more than America or France.
The world's first public zoo opened in London, in 1829.
The bank of England is one of the few with its own nickname: The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street.
Before the invention of the mechanical clock in the 14th century, the most complex machine in Europe (and perhaps the world) was a pipe organ in the cathedral of Winchester, England. Completed in around 950AD, it had 400 pipes, 70 men were needed to operate its 26 bellows.
Queen Berengaria, the wife of Richard the Lion-Hearted, never set foot on English soil - she instead ruled from Italy and France.
The delicious Colchester oysters were one of the main reasons for the Roman invasion of Britain in 43AD.
Of the almost 200 current member states (and the one observer state) of the United Nations, The British have, at some point in history, invaded and established a military presence in 171 of them.