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![[Personal Standard of King Charles III in Australia, proportions 1:2]](../images/a/au_kc3.gif)
image by Zoltan Horvath, 18 October 2024See also:
A new His Majesty The King’s flag for Australia was approved by HM King
Charles III on 30 August 2024, and is to be first used during the 2024 Royal
Visit to Australia.
https://www.pmc.gov.au/resources/australian-flags-booklet/part-3-other-official-flags-australia/royal-and-vice-regal-flags
Miles Li, 18 October 2024
The King's, Charles III, Australian Standard was approved on 30 August 2024
and used for the first late on Friday, 18 October 2024, when he arrived at
Sydney's International Airport. Official information and an image can be found
via the following link:
https://www.pmc.gov.au/resources/australian-flags-booklet/part-3-other-official-flags-australia/royal-and-vice-regal-flags
It is very similar to the Australian Coronation Standard used in 1937
and again in 1953.
A perfect opportunity to update this Standard to turn
the Western Australian Black Swan around to face the hoist and to also include
the main symbols for the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern
Territory, has been missed. Presumably these Territories are not represented on
Australia's Coat-of-Arms Shield, upon which this King's and the previous Queen's
Standards are derived from.
Ralph Bartlett, 18 October 2024
![[King's Flag]](../images/a/au_kc3.jpg)
image
located by Miles Li, 12 June 2023
Here is a video of the King's Birthday celebration at the Government House,
Sydney:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX5P0ziM4_w
Also on parade were these
flags:
Governor-General's Banner, Australian Navy Cadets
Duke of
Edinburgh's Banner, Australian Army Cadets
Governor-General's Banner,
Australian Air Force Cadets
What I find surprising however is the flying
(or more precisely, 'breaking') of the British Royal Standard. In previous
years, Queen Elizabeth II's Personal Flag for Australia
would be flown; now that King
Charles III is on the throne, and in the absence of a specifically Australian
flag for His Majesty, the British Royal Standard was flown instead this year.
But either way, I would presume that such personal flags should only be flown
when the monarch is physically present?
Miles Li, 12 June 2023
The Royal Standard is ONLY to be flown when the Sovereign is present. Perhaps
the King's Orders and Regulations restrictions only apply when it is the
Standard of the realm of the realm in question.
Michael Halleran, 12
June 2023