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SYMBOLS OF ENGLAND

The three national symbols of England are the St. George's cross (usually seen as a flag), the red rose and the Three Lions crest (usually seen as a badge).             

St George's Flag, the England Flag Three Lions Emblem

The three lions are on the badge of England's cricket team 

The red rose is widely recognised as the national flower of England.

The red rose is on the badge of the English Rugby Union team.

The oak is the national tree of England

The Royal Family   

Queen Elizabeth  Prince Charles  Prince William

Royal Guards (Find out about the Queen's Guards)

Life Guard  Foot Guard  Life Guard on Horseback 

On the Street 

Red Double Decker buses 

Black taxi cabs

Pillar Box (Post Box) Telephone box

Both the post box and telephone box have a picture of a crown on them. The crown on the postbox also has the monarchs initials underneath. We have postboxes with VR (Victoria Regina) and GR (Georgeus Rex) still in use today.

 Victoria Regina is latin for Queen Victorian and Georgeus Rex is latin for King George.

Famous People

Famous Landmarks

Food and Drink

The Union Flag, popularly known as the  Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom. It is the British flag.

It is called the Union Flag because it symbolises the administrative union of the countries of the United Kingdom. It is made up up of the individual Flags of three of the Kingdom's countries all united under one Sovereign - the countries of 'England, of 'Scotland' and of 'Northern Ireland' (since 1921 only Northern Ireland has been part of the United Kingdom). As Wales was not a Kingdom but a Principality it could not be included on the flag.