A 2022 photo of the Union Jack flag at half-mast is circulating online with a false claim that it shows Buckingham Palace lowering its flag to the position in March 2024. A Facebook, opens new tab ...

A photo of the Union Jack flag lowered to half-mast at Buckingham Palace after the 2022 death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has been misrepresented online as if captured in March 2024.

Getty Images, Sept. 9, 2022, Flags at half-mast at British Consulate General Associated Press, Sept. 9, 2022, The British flag was lowered at half-mast in Istanbul, Turkey - 09 Sept 2022 ...

Union Jack is traditionally flown at half-mast in the United Kingdom to honor several occasions, including the death of a member of the royal family. There has been no recent official announcement ...

Following the news of Pope Francis’ death this morning (April 21), the Union flag will be flown half mast at royal residences where the King is not in residence.

Half-mast means the flag is flown two-thirds up between the top and bottom of the flagstaff. Half-staff is the term used for flags on land, particularly in the United States.

One X post published March 17 with a nighttime view of Britain’s national flag, known as the Union Jack flag, reads, “BREAKING: Reports that the Union Flag is flying at half-mast at some Government ...