It may surprise you to know that many countries have the same ... Australia and New Zealand's flags share similarities, ...

Which touches on another ambiguity, says Mr Bartram - "since England and Scotland were still separate countries at the time, James had created a flag for a country that didn't yet exist". The union ...

Stock photo ©AndreyPopov The Union Jack became the selling ... in former Communist countries, the desire to advertise new flags and new loyalties, seem to account for these late revivals.