Union Jack With Wales Dragon

No mention has been made of the welsh flag.

Union jack with wales dragon. Well the official line is. The union jack should be combined with the welsh flag according to an mp who wants the change to be made to reflect wales status within the uk. The welsh dragon was not incorporated into the union flag because wales had already been united to england when the first version of the union flag was. Since wales and england are one country according to the act of union of 1536 wales is represented on the flag because england is represented with saint george s cross.

As with any ancient symbol the appearance of the dragon has been adapted and changed over the years and hence several different variations exist. The proud and ancient battle standard of the welsh is the red dragon y ddraig goch and consists of a red dragon passant standing with one foot raised on a green and white background. In a commons debate wrexham s labour mp ian lucas. The welsh dragon does not appear on the flag because when the first union flag was created in 1606 wales was already united with england from the 13th century.

The white over green field is in the livery colours of the tudors the welsh dynasty that once sat on the english throne. Welsh motorists have hit back at a move to put the union jack flag on every british driving licence by covering it with stickers of the red dragon shown above. Origin of y ddraig goch y ddraig goch the red dragon is the national flag of wales and has been officially recognised as such since the 1950s. The article was published in the telegraph and although there was no plans to redesign the flag hundreds of people from across britain and other parts of the world particularly from japan submitted varying designs that included wales in some way whether it was with red dragon or the flag of st david.

If england is represented wales is represented by default and in theory visa versa. This meant that wales a principality instead of a kingdom and as such could not be included. Likely be the welsh dragon on top of the union jack. England became the kingdom of england and wales.