Editing Commonwealth realm (section)

==Flags==
{{See also|Flags of Elizabeth II|Flags of Charles III}}

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Some members of the royal family have different [[heraldic standard]]s for use in the appropriate realm.
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Queen Elizabeth II employed various [[royal standard]]s to mark her presence, the particular one used depending on which realm she was in or acting on behalf of at the time.<ref>{{citation| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&dq=%22elizabeth+II%22+%22personal+flag%22&pg=PA416| last=Panton| first=Kenneth J| title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy| year=2011| publisher=Scarecrow Press| page=416| location=Lanham| isbn=978-0-8108-5779-7| accessdate=27 July 2022}}</ref> All are [[Heraldic flag|heraldic banners]] incorporating the [[coat of arms|arms]] for that state and,<ref name=RH>{{cite web| url=https://www.royal.uk/personal-flags| title=Personal Flags| date=15 January 2016| publisher=Royal Household| accessdate=27 July 2022}}</ref> save for those of the UK, were [[Defacement (flag)|defaced]] in the centre with the device from [[Flags of Elizabeth II#Personal flag|the Queen's Personal Flag]].<ref name=RH/> The Queen would use that personal flag in realms where she did not have a royal standard.<ref name=RH/> Many other members of the royal family have [[Royal Standard of the United Kingdom#Other members of the Royal Family|their own personal standards]]; the Prince of Wales, Princess Royal, Duke of York and Duke of Edinburgh also have [[Royal standards of Canada#Other members of the royal family|one each for Canada]]. Those without their own standard use a specific ermine-bordered banner of either the British, Scottish, or, when in or acting on behalf of Canada, Canadian royal arms.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.gg.ca/en/heraldry/public-register/project/2655| title=Members of the Royal Family| author=Canadian Heraldic Authority| publisher=Office of the Secretary of the Governor General of Canada| accessdate=27 July 2022}}</ref>

The governors-general throughout the Commonwealth realms also each use a personal flag, which, like that of the sovereign, passes to each successive occupant of the office. Most feature a [[Lions passant|lion passant]] atop a [[St. Edward's Crown|St. Edward's]] [[Crown (heraldry)#Commonwealth usage|royal crown]] with the name of the country across a scroll underneath, all on a blue background.<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NzhoAAAAMAAJ|page=48|title=Flags of the World|year=1978|isbn=9780723220152|publisher=F. Warne}}</ref> The two exceptions are those of, since 1981, [[Flag of the Governor General of Canada|Canada]] (bearing on a blue background the [[Crest (heraldry)|crest]] of the [[Royal Coat of Arms of Canada]]) and, since 2008, [[Flag of the Governor-General of New Zealand|New Zealand]] (a St. Edward's Crown above the [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|shield]] of the [[Coat of arms of New Zealand]]). The lieutenant governors of the Canadian provinces each have [[Flags of the Lieutenant-Governors of Canada|their own personal standards]], as [[Flags of the Governors of the Australian states|do the governors of the Australian states]].