British Overseas Territories and coat of arms by the British monarch. Traditionally, the flags follow the Blue Ensign design, with the Union Flag in the canton, and the territory's coat of arms in the fly. Exceptions to this are Bermuda which uses a Red Ensign; British Antarctic Territory which uses a White Ensign; British Indian Ocean Territory which uses a Blue Ensign with wavy lines to symbolise the sea; and Gibraltar which uses a banner of its coat of arms (the flag of the city of Gibraltar). Akrotiri and Dhekelia and Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha are the only British overseas
British Overseas Territories citizen the Bermudian status stamp) into Bermuda as a person with Bermudian status. The acquisition of BOTC status generally mirrors the acquisition rules of British citizenship with some differences, which are listed below. From 1 January 1983 onwards, a person born in an Overseas Territory is a BOTC "otherwise than by descent" if one of the person's parents is a BOTC or "settled" in an Overseas Territory. Having a parent who is a British citizen without settled status is "not" sufficient in itself for the child to be a BOTC at birth. A child born in an Overseas Territory may be