It just struck me recently that there does not seem to be a non-Republican, non-Royalist national flag of France along the lines of St George's cross for England and the Saltire of Scotland; having done a spot of research, there does not seem to be any 'official' national flag for the French PEOPLE (as opposed to the French State), although a white cross on dark blue was suggested on one flag website that I visited.
My own idea is actually inspired by the FOR WANT OF A NAIL setting, which left me with the impression of a non-Republican, non-Royalist, non-denominational but not secular State having governed France at some point (one thinks of it as '
L'Etat de France' or '
L'Etat Francaise'); my mental image of a flag for this state was inspired by the regimental flags of Louis XIVs infantry, with their tendency to use a white cross to divide coloured quarters.
As an 'allohistorical allusion' I settled on a white cross splitting a bi-coloured field (left = blue, right = red) into quarters; this means that the upper & lower left quarters would be blue, while the upper & lower right quarters would be red (which actually goes against the spirit of the old flags, which tended to have one colour in the upper left & lower right quarter, another in the upper right & lower left quarter; this is actually a good thing as it helps distinguish the Flag of the French State from that of the Dominican Republic!).
May I please ask the experts if they think this works? Thank You in advance for your consideration!