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Union Jack flown from Nelson鈥檚 HMS Victory during Battle of Trafalgar prepares for auction

There's a real piece of history going up for sale today

A large fragment of the Union flag - believed to have flown from HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar - is being auctioned by Sotheby's.

But anyone hoping to own it will have to dig deep in their pockets - as the estimate is between 80 and 100 thousand pounds.

Andrew Baines who is Deputy Director of Heritage at the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth, told us more...

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