11 Facts About Welsh flag

Welsh flag discovers a red dragon representing the Celtic Britons and a white dragon representing Anglo-Saxons.

Green and white stripes of the flag were additions by the House of Tudor, the Welsh-French dynasty that held the English throne from 1485 to 1603.

Oldest written record of the Welsh flag dragon is in the, written around 830; the text describes a struggle between two serpents deep underground, which prevents King Vortigern from building a stronghold.

The Welsh flag has ancient origins, chose to fly the standard of a golden dragon on a white background, the traditional standard.

Welsh flag made capital of his Welsh ancestry in gathering support and gaining safe passage through Wales.

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However, the Welsh flag was the subject of derision, both because the tail pointed downwards in some iterations and because the motto was a potential double entendre, used in the original poem to allude to the penis of a copulating bull.

In 1959, government use of this Welsh flag was dropped in favour of the current Welsh flag at the urging of the of Bards.

On 19 December 2017, the flag's use by the Welsh Government was authorised by the UK Defence Secretary, and was registered with the College of Arms in January 2018.

Former Pink Floyd bassist, Roger Waters's album Radio K A O S follows the story of a young disabled Welsh man, grounded in California, who regularly expresses nostalgia and a hope for return to his home country.

In 2018, the Welsh flag made an unexpected appearance in Black Panther, during a scene set in the United Nations.

The Welsh flag is displayed alongside those of independent sovereign nations, leading to speculation that Wales is an independent nation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.