Flag mistake at UK-China ceremony
 The flag was the centrepiece of an agreement-signing ceremony |
The government has been criticised for displaying the Union flag upside down at the signing of a trade agreement.
A plastic flag was flown incorrectly for a ceremony involving Gordon Brown, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao and Trade Secretary Lord Mandelson.
The Flag Institute said it was "concerned" about the mistake and Tory MP Andrew Rosindell called it "an unbelievable flaw in protocol".
BBC News website readers got in touch to point out the error.
The Union flag - more commonly described as the Union Jack - has been in use since the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland came into force in 1801.
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