King Charles' Personal Standard in Australia (original) (raw)


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[[Personal Standard of King Charles III in Australia, proportions 1:2]](../images/a/au%5Fkc3.gif)image by Zoltan Horvath, 18 October 2024

See also:

King's Personal Standard

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

Flags for the King's birthday

[ [King's Flag]](../images/a/au%5Fkc3.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