Councillor Matthew Riddle, deputy leader of the Conservative group in South Gloucestershire said it was "extraordinarily petty and disrespectful" that councillors with the other two parties would play politics and prevent the Union flag being flown at half-mast.
He said the flagat the Northern Ireland Assembly building should be flown at half-mast on the day of her funeral and books of condolence opened "across Northern Ireland".
Gendarmes in the southwestern town of Samatan lowered their flag to half mast in a symbolic protest at pay, under-resourcing and what they see as inadequate support from the courts.