27 MAY 1911, Page 17

THE BLOOD-RED FLAG OF ENGLAND.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In case you have not closed this correspondence, I should like to correct Lord Archibald Campbell's statement that only the Lord-Lieutenant of a county has the right to fly the Union Flag. Since Lord Knollys' letter and Lord Crewe's statement the Lord-Lieutenants have recognized that they have no such exclusive right, and have petitioned the.. King to grant them a special flag. This his Majesty has

been pleased to do, and it will shortly appear in the Admiralty Book. This flag consists of the Union Flag with a crown and sword superimposed.—I am, Sir, &c.,