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London remained the formal capital of the United Kingdom, although the Buxton government never operated from there.
Although the Buxton government claimed continuity of government and monarchy from the United Kingdom, Lloyd George reigned as a de facto regent through the constitutional authority granted by the new title of Lord-Lieutenant of Great Britain. George VI was treated as a hostage of a foreign power and his radio broadcasts from Radio Ottawa first ignored then described as "the result of duress". Despite repeated private requests to Hitler, Edward VIII was never restored to the throne.
Though technically the personal standard of Lloyd George as Lord-Lieutenant of Great Britain, this flag was universally used abroad to distinguish Buxton Britain from Free Britain, which also claimed to be 'the United Kingdom'. By 1944, it was being flown in Buxton Britain more regularly than the Union Jack.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland