In the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth II's Royal Standard consists of the banner of her Royal coat of arms, i.e. the design from the shield of the arms placed on a flag.
In each of her other realms, Her Majesty flies a personal standard consisting of a banner of that country's coat of arms with her own personal device in the middle. The device is blue, with a crowned letter "E" encircled by a chaplet of roses.
As Head of the Commonwealth, in countries of which she is not also Queen, Her Majesty flies a blue flag bearing only her personal device.
Some examples of Her Majesty's standards are :-
United Kingdom
Canada
source : Graham Bartram
(Flags of the World website)
Australia
source : Blas Delgado Ortiz
(Flags of the World website)
New Zealand
source : Blas Delgado Ortiz
(Flags of the World website)
Barbados
source : Graham Bartram
(Flags of the World website)
Jamaica
source : Graham Bartram(Flags of the World website)
Personal standard
source : Marcus Schmöger
(Flags of the World website)
Standards of former realms (now republics)
Malta
source : Mario Fabretto
(Flags of the World website)
Sierra Leone
source : Zeljko Heimer
(Flags of the World website)
Trinidad & Tobago
source : Blas Delgado Ortiz
(Flags of the World website)
All images, except the UK Royal Standard, from FOTW Flags Of The World website at http://flagspot.net/flags/
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