Royal Standard (Spain)

Standard of H.M. the King, Estandarte de S.M. el Rey

Last modified: 2005-02-26 by santiago dotor
Keywords: royal | king | coat of arms: quartered (castle: yellow) | coat of arms: quartered (lion: red) | cross: saltire (red) | cross: burgundy | order of the golden fleece |
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by Luis Miguel Arias, exported to GIF by Santiago Dotor
Flag used unofficially since 22nd November 1975, adopted 21st January 1977

• Description
• Coat-of-Arms

See also:

• Royal Flags (Spain)
• Commander-in-Chief of the Navy (Captain-General of the Navy / Capitán General de la Armada)
• Spain

Other sites:

• Confrérie Amicale de la Toison d'Or / Society of the Golden Fleece

Both the King's standard and the former one for the Heir Prince can be found in Calvo and Grávalos 1983. They are square flags, dark blue field with the coat-of-arms in the middle. The King's coat-of-arms can be seen at the Spanish Royal Household Website. The lion should be purpure (dark, purplish red) instead of gules (red) though.

François Velde says (cf. Histo