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Nepal Royal Flags

Royal Standard

by Martin Grieve

Image based on a photograph of a real flag in the possession of Donald Edwards, which he informs me was presented to him by the Nepalese Ambassador in the UK. Donald wrote, "When I went to the Embassy of Nepal they first gave me a tiny flag, just big enough for a sleeve patch. I was just telling them that some of the proceeds from the party would go to a school in Darjeeling where I spent my early years when the Ambassador came down and asked what was going on. I told him I was after the unique Nepalese flag to fly at the Jubilee party, he ordered the minions to look in the basement and bring the flag that was there. They returned with this huge flag and he sent them up to his office and told them to get 'the other flag'. This was the King's Standard. I could not believe my luck, after collecting some tourist info I beat a hasty retreat. At the street party the flag was hung from a house and hid the whole house. Attached is a picture of the flag with a Ghurkha Officer and sepoy standing beneath it."

I have chosen what I consider to be the best [photograph] for our purposes. I cropped the image, and reduced the size for obvious reasons. Donald was also kind enough to take measurements for me to work with: "The dimensions of the flag are 78" x 70.5" (188 cm width x 179 cm height). The lion's flag is 50 cm square and the border is 6 cm wide."

Clearly, this is no car flag (as is indicated in Album des Pavillons, 2000) The flag differs a great deal from the one depicted in that excellent flag book, and is worth further research. My thanks to Donald for this information.
Martin Grieve, 4 July 2003

According to the Nepalese Constitution (1990):

PART 5 HIS MAJESTY

33. Royal Standard and Salute:

(1) Square in shape and crimson in colour having borders in white, the Royal standard