--Previous Message--
: Very kind of Their Majesties to stand there
: smiling while the wrong flag is being used.
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The mistake was noticed by a Belgian journalist and the flag was quickly replaced by the correct one before the Royal Couple arrived. Whew, close one!
: --Previous Message--
: Exactly the same happened in Lisbon in 1986
: when Portugal became a member of the
: European Union. The evening before the
: signing of the documents the city was being
: decorated with all the flags of the then
: memberstates. When I went to dinner at 8 pm,
: I noticed to my horror that the workmen,
: obviously confused by two almost similar
: flags, had placed the Luxemburg flag upside
: down. Dinner was quickly forgotten as I
: raced through the city to warn people of the
: mistake ...
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: --Previous Message--
: During the tree planting ceremony people
: noticed that the autorities had used a
: German flag instead of the Belgian one...
: Even though they may look similar (same
: colours) it ought to have been noticed by
: the organisers that this was not the right
: one.....
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: https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20180312_03404655/klein-foutje-van-de-canadezen-bij-ontvangst-van-de-koning-was-het-nu-belgie-of-duitsland
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: http://www.lesoir.be/145027/article/2018-03-12/visite-royale-au-canada-un-drapeau-allemand-la-place-du-drapeau-belge
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