Why does the Welsh flag have a green and white background behind the deep red of the dragon? Eddie Butler explores various myths and legends - is it down to links to the Battle of Crecy in 1346 ...

The idea of bathing it in the colours of the Welsh flag was raised last year, when Welsh first minister Rhodri Morgan celebrated the national day in New York with the city's St David's Society. They ...

We all know how indisputably cool the Welsh flag is. Most other nations have bands of colours or shapes symbolising their country, while we are represented by a massive fire-breathing dragon.

Graham Bartram, of the Flag Institute, said: "The Welsh flag we know today - a large ... placed a red dragon on top of the Tudor colours of white and green during the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Welsh man or woman is never more than ten metres away from the flag of Wales. The tri-colour flag depicts a mythical creature – not the kind you ...

comparing the Union Flag with the Welsh and Scottish flags 100% of people remember the colours of the Union Flag 100% of study participants correctly recalled the red white and blue tones of the ...

The Welsh flag has been projected on to a remote Hungarian castle to mark St David’s Day. Breda Castle in south-east Hungary was lit up in the colours of Y Ddraig Goch as the Welsh national anthem was ...

Graham Bartram, of the Flag Institute, said: "The Welsh flag we know today - a large ... placed a red dragon on top of the Tudor colours of white and green during the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.

The Welsh flag has been projected on to a remote Hungarian castle to mark St David’s Day. Breda Castle in south-east Hungary was lit up in the colours of Y Ddraig Goch as the Welsh national ...