THE UNION JACK

Today, in the previous post, and as a consquence of the Scottish referendum for independence, we wondered what would happen to the Union Jack, the national flag, which represents the United Kingdom, if Scotland was to become independent.

But do you know about the origin of the Union Jack?

In this post we explain how it was made up. The Union Jack is the combination of the three heraldic crosses which represent the four countries which form the United Kingdom, as explained in the graphic on the left.

So if Scotland had become an independent country, the Union Jack could have been something like this: