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Flag of British queen and king (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

banner

'flag' is the definition.
(I know that banner is a type of flag)

'british queen and king' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'queen' becomes 'anne' (Queen Anne, 18th-century queen).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'king' becomes 'R' (abbreviation for rex, king in Latin).
'b'+'anne'+'r'='BANNER'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for banner that I've seen before include "Web page header; flag" , "Knight's standard" , "Streamer, flag" , "Ensign" , "Flag bearing a device" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Times.
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