Visiting London for a few days, and noticed a lot of half-mast flags: red cross on a white background (reminiscent of some crusaders, Templars?) any symbolism behind them being shredded? Its a lot of them, must have cost a ton of money…
Oh, it's an interesting story, this one! It's actually the flag of Genoa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa#Flag
There's a fairly large community in the area descended from Genoans who fled to London when Napoleon invaded. Those Genoans brought their flags with them to prevent Napoleon from capturing them, to sort of say "you've got the land, but you'll never get Genoa". Their descendents today still fly those same historic flags each year on the day that their first ship landed in London
Also, of course, lying is a popular hobby on the internet