The answer is both old and new. Graham Bartram, of the Flag Institute, said: "The Welsh flag we know today - a large red dragon on a white and green background - only came into being in 1959.

The Welsh kings of Aberffraw used the emblem to symbolise their authority in the early fifth century. The name Pendragon, or Pen Draig, has its origins in these battle standards.

Janet Finch-Saunders displayed the Union flag when she took part in plenary remotely on Wednesday Members of the Welsh Parliament have been asked to stop displaying flags when joining debates via ...

Although the design has since become synonymous with the legendary Welsh warrior ... his lineage from the princes of Gwynedd, whose flag in the 13th century had been four passive lions.