First came a campaign to flood the Last Night of the Proms with the EU flag. Then, the backlash.

Now, it appears Brittania may indeed rule at the Royal Albert Hall, as a millionaire businessman said he would hand out 10,000 Union Flags to concert-goers.

Arron Banks, who led the Leave.EU campaign ahead of the referendum, has paid £5,000 for the flags, which he hopes will be waved by patriotic Prommers at the event watched by millions around the world.

Last night he and his aides contacted the one million supporters on Leave.EU’s database to urge them to help hand out the flags, launching the Save Our Proms campaign.