The Queen's Personal Jamaican Flag was the personal flag of

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Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

. The Queen's Representative, the Governor-General of Jamaica had his own

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.Symbols and ceremonies
The flag consists of a banner of the coat of arms of Jamaica defaced with the Queen's Royal Cypher. The flag is white and bears a red St George's Cross. A gold

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is superimposed on each arm of the Cross. A blue disc with the Royal Cypher is placed in the centre of the Cross. The disc is taken from the Queen's Personal Flag.

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Queen Elizabeth II's Personal Standard in Jamaica
at ''Flags of the World''. Accessed 16 January 2007. {{Royal Standards of Elizabeth II Flags introduced in 1962 Flags of Jamaica

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