Overview
- During a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, photos showed the United Kingdom’s flag flown upside down as King Charles III laid a wreath and Queen Camilla placed a posy at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
- Britain’s Flag Institute calls an inverted display improper and explains that the wider white diagonal must sit above the red diagonal on the side nearest the flagpole.
- Sky News correspondent Mark Stone labeled the mistake a diplomatic gaffe, and British outlets amplified the error using images from the event.
- The British Embassy in Washington and the White House did not immediately provide comment when asked about the display.
- The episode followed an earlier setup error in Washington, where workers briefly hung 15 Australian flags on city posts before D.C. transportation officials removed them.