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unusual facts about Crown Dependencies


British ensign

Merchant vessels from British overseas territories and Crown dependencies are entitled to red ensigns defaced with the badge of their territory.


Andrew Rosindell

In January 2012, he proposed that Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories should be represented in the UK parliament like dependencies of Australia, Denmark, France and the Netherlands have been.

Bailiwick

The term survives in administrative usage in the British Crown dependencies of the Channel Islands, which for administrative purposes are grouped into the two bailiwicks of Jersey (comprising the island of Jersey and uninhabited islets such as the Minquiers and Écréhous) and Guernsey (comprising the islands of Guernsey, Sark, Alderney, Brecqhou, Herm, Jethou and Lihou).


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