Why is the flag of England in the World Cup the Red Cross on a white background? Shouldn't it be the word rice?

About the national flag used by England in the World Cup .....

After reading the national flags of the teams participating in the World Cup and the countries they represent, England did not use the diagonal flag, but used the red cross flag on a white background. Why?

The 400th anniversary of the British flag. The British flag, composed of red, white and blue, celebrated its 400th anniversary this week. The history of the British flag can be traced back to 1606. 1603, England and Scotland had the same king. His name is James I in England and James VI in Scotland. 1April 606 12, the national flag consists of the cross of St. George's flag in England and the cross of St. Andrew's flag in Scotland, but it is a little different from the present one, with no red slash (the so-called St. Patrick's cross). 180 1 year, Ireland joined Great Britain to form the United Kingdom, and the Red Cross flag of St. Patrick of Ireland merged with the national flag at that time to form today's rice flag.

Britain's "Mizi flag" flutters all over the world.

When the British Empire ruled the four seas, the British "rice flag" composed of red, white and blue was flying all over the world. From the day of its birth, Mizi Banner is a navigation flag, which can be used for both military and civilian purposes. No one thought about using it on land at that time.

In the17th century, cunning sailors hung this flag to avoid paying dock tax, and this exemption was limited to naval vessels. Therefore, King Charles I ordered the flag to be used only by the royal family. In theory, the Mizi Flag is the flag of the British royal family, and it is still the same today, but ordinary British people can hang the Mizi Flag in Britain without special approval. However, this is only on land, but there are strict restrictions on the use of the Mizi national flag at sea, because the Mizi national flag is only used by the military at sea.

Origin of name and design change

Up to now, some English people, Scots, Irish people and Welsh people still have their own views on the graphic setting of this flag and whether it should be called "Mizi Flag" or "British Flag". The name "British flag" is easy to understand, so why is it called "British flag"? The word "Jack" may be related to the navy. "Jack" is a flag flying on a warship. But there are other sayings, that is, the jacket worn by soldiers is simply "Jack", or the Latin or French name of James: Jacobs or Jacques.

The original design scale of Mitzi Banner was 1: 1.6, and later it was changed to 1: 2, and the sky blue of St. Andrew's Banner in Scotland was changed to navy blue.

M flag is not the legal flag?

Unlike most countries, Britain has not officially recognized the British flag by law. Only when the British Parliament met in 1908 did it announce that "the M-flag should be regarded as the national flag of Britain". 1933, the British home secretary announced that "the British flag is the British flag".

BBC's political affairs correspondent said that the British flag was one of the focuses of debate about the national symbol of Britain. Some Z F ministers think that its importance should be emphasized more, while far-right people regard it as a sign of anti-immigration. Many Commonwealth countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, put the Mitch flag in the upper left corner of the national flag to show their relationship with Britain.