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Queen's Swan-Markers, United Kingdom

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A fine picture here shows two official-looking flags in use by the Queen's Swan-Markers. From The New York Times: In Search of Post-Brexit England, and Swans, a trip up the Thames to see a centuries-old custom and, perhaps, find out what it means to call a country home.
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/magazine/in-search-of-post-brexit-england-and-swans.html

David Phillips, 5 January 2017

The badge of the Queens Swan Marker is seen here: http://gb.fotolibra.com/ (source: http://www.fotolibra.com/gallery)

Flag information as follows:
- Flags: http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I00000Am0PQySOgI/fit=1000x750/Swan-Upping-017.jpg (source: http://gbphotos.photoshelter.com/image/I00000Am0PQySOgI)
- Flag: http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000TzspnGmQyC8/fit=1000x750/Swan-Upping-012.jpg (source: http://gbphotos.photoshelter.com/image/I0000TzspnGmQyC8)
- Flag: http://www.keepersofthekingdom.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Queens-Swan-Marker-JulianCalder-681x1024.jpg (source: http://www.keepersofthekingdom.co.uk/?attachment_id=139)

Here's some further information on the topic:
http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2016/07/27/royal-swan-upping-uk-queen-sdg-orig.cnn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marker_of_the_Swans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeper_of_the_Queen's_Swans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warden_of_the_Swans

Also related is swan upping (official websites: http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/windsor1999/upping.html and http://www.royal.gov.uk/RoyalEventsandCeremonies/SwanUpping/SwanUpping.aspx) as well as the Worshipful Company of Dyers (a.k.a. "Dyers Royalty", official website: http://www.dyerscompany.co.uk/) and Vintners Royalty (official website: http://www.vintnershall.co.uk/):
- Flag: https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1534266/swan-upping.jpg?w=400 (source: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/swan-upping-annual-census-queens-royal-birds-takes-place-river-thames-1571372)
- Flag: http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/3c35da8c5788442f8a38f964af389b37/annual-swan-upping-event-on-the-river-thames-near-goring-uk-adyrab.jpg (source: http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/swan-upping.html)

For additional information go to Royal Swan (official website): http://www.royalswan.co.uk/
Esteban Rivera, 6 January 2017

It turns out that the Vintners and Dyers Companies (London guilds) share swan ownership with the Queen, and their boats also participate in the ritual. This article http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/07/22/globalpost-queen-elizabeth-swans/30506743/ includes a picture of a bunch of their boats together, showing the banners of both guilds.
David Phillips, 7 January 2017

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