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Banner o Monaco
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The naitional banner o Monaco (French: Drapeau de Monaco) haes twa equal horizontal baunds o reid (top) an white, baith o which hae been the heraldic colors o the Hoose o Grimaldi syne at least 1339. The present bicolor design wis adoptit on Aprile 4, 1881, unner Prince Charles III.
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Monaco's oreeginal banner, which wis seemilar tae its current state banner but bore an aulder version o its coat o airms, wis in uise frae the principality's early days (except durin its annexation tae Fraunce frae 1793 tae 1814) till the present, simpler design wis adoptit in 1881.
Anither design (belaw), the banner o the state airms (lozenges in the Grimaldi faimily colors, in heraldic terms "lozengy argent an gules"), wis uised at various times, parteecularly in the 17t century, as an unoffeecial banner, an still appears in some ryal photographs. Housomeivver, it haes nae designatit uise, an daes no represent ony Monegasque offeecial in parteecular.