Tensions have been high since City Council members there voted a month ago to stop flying the Union Jack flag year-round, restricting it instead to certain days.

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Even the original flag of the United States, first raised in 1775 was "a jack with the union flag, and striped red and white in the field".

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The Union flag is also commonly known as the Union Jack.

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Vivienne Westwood did it last year and used a Union Jack motif so the red, white and blue is like a section taken through the middle of the flag.

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"I played golf for Ireland and I played for Great Britain and Ireland, so I've walked out to the Irish national anthem and stood under the Irish flag and I've walked out to the British national anthem and stood under the Union Jack, " she said.

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