Flag of the Commonwealth

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The flag of the Commonwealth of Nations consists of the Commonwealth symbol in gold on a blue background.

The flag developed from the car pennants produced for the first time at the Ottawa Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 1973.

It is flown at Marlborough House, London, the headquarters of the Commonwealth Secretariat, throughout the year and for a limited period at other venues where Commonwealth Meetings are held or when other Commonwealth events/visits are taking place (for example Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings).

Its proportions are 1:2. The spears that surround the globe form a "C" for "Commonwealth", but their number has no special significance.