Still think there should be a little dragon I’m the middle… noy only accurate but also would just would look way cooler
What’s a “wales” and what does it have to do with our flag?
Wales is featured on the flag in the same way it’s featured in the union. There’s a small red dragon but it’s not visible because it’s inside England’s cross
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Wales didn’t exist in any meaningful political way by the 1500s either as a single vassal country or a cluster of smaller countries. It was a collection of counties within the Kingdom of England populated by Welshmen, just as Cornwall was a county in England populated by Cornish and Westmoreland was a county populated by Cumbrians.
Anyone talking about Wales at the time would be meaning the western counties of England, or the legal division of England-and-Wales, Scotland and Ireland having their own.
The Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland merged in 1708 to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, and with the Kingdom of Ireland in 1801. Since Wales didn’t exist politically it had no business being in a flag, just as much as Cumbria and Cornwall.
Wales wasn’t viewed as a separate principality at the time the union jack was formed (1606), and was a part of the Kingdom of England
We had the chance to have a Dragon on the Flag and didn’t do it.
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Still think there should be a little dragon I’m the middle… noy only accurate but also would just would look way cooler
What’s a “wales” and what does it have to do with our flag?
Wales is featured on the flag in the same way it’s featured in the union. There’s a small red dragon but it’s not visible because it’s inside England’s cross
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Wales didn’t exist in any meaningful political way by the 1500s either as a single vassal country or a cluster of smaller countries. It was a collection of counties within the Kingdom of England populated by Welshmen, just as Cornwall was a county in England populated by Cornish and Westmoreland was a county populated by Cumbrians.
Anyone talking about Wales at the time would be meaning the western counties of England, or the legal division of England-and-Wales, Scotland and Ireland having their own.
The Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland merged in 1708 to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, and with the Kingdom of Ireland in 1801. Since Wales didn’t exist politically it had no business being in a flag, just as much as Cumbria and Cornwall.
Wales wasn’t viewed as a separate principality at the time the union jack was formed (1606), and was a part of the Kingdom of England
We had the chance to have a Dragon on the Flag and didn’t do it.
Bloody idiots
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