A State Funeral Service for the late Sovereign, Elizabeth the Second, will be held at 11 am (British Summer Time) on Monday 19 September 2022, at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom. Further information is available on the Royal Family website.
As a mark of mourning and respect and in accordance with protocol, the Australian National Flag should continue to be flown at half-mast all day on Monday 19 September 2022.
Vice-Regal Standards are to remain at full-mast.
- When flying the Australian National Flag with other flags, all flags in the set should be flown at half-mast.
- If a set of flags includes the flags of other nations, it would be appropriate to seek permission from the diplomatic representatives of that nation to half-mast their flag.
- An acceptable half-mast position would be when the top of the flag is a third of the distance down from the top of the flagpole.
- Flags may be flown at half-mast overnight, provided they are illuminated.
- Information on flag protocol is available on the Department's website.
Flags should be returned to full-mast at 8am on the following Tuesday 20 September 2022 until further notice.
Further advice will be issued when details of the National Day of Mourning and Reflection are confirmed.
Your assistance is appreciated.
Commonwealth Flag Officer