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Royal Standards

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Brunei, yellow with state's arms guarded by two panthers all in red.
Central African Empire, (former) Bokassa I Imperial standard: green with golden eagle and sun.
Japan, red with a yellow 16 petaled chrysanthemum, Proportions 2:3.
Jordan, a small national flag in the center, on a white oval, only the star in the triangle is replaced by a arched crown. The field is made up of rays in the state colors.
Malaysia, yellow with state's arms surrounded by a wreath in white disc.
Nepal, white bordered red flag with white lion holding a flag (that looks like an envelope) on a mast, moon and sun.
Swaziland, as national flag with golden lion stantant in the upper stripe.
Thailand, yellow flag with the royal arms (Garuda) in the center, 1:1.

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Even though there is a "typical" heraldic objection (first formulated by Fox-Davies, I seem to recall) that the British royal standard is a royal banner, since it consists of a banner-of-arms, I believe that "royal standard" is the correct vexillological term indeed for the distinguishing flag of a king.

Heraldically, "standard" is a flag (usually long and tapered) which bears heraldic elements (charges, badges etc.) without being an armorial banner. This is an example in FOTW: http://fotw.vexillum.com/images/g/gb-hvii.gif

However, vexillologically a "standard" can be either an armorial standard or the distinguishing flag of a head of state (and other high dignitaries). Thus imperial st