Known as the Royal Standard, what does this colourful flag symbolise? And why is the Lion Rampant used instead of the more commonly used Saltire to represent Scotland? Representing the Crown ...

The blue and white of the Saltire are replaced by yellow and black to represent the flag of St David ... a Welsh harp and the Scottish lion.

Some legends hold that the so-called 'Lion Flag' has represented the island's Sinhalese majority ... in some form for far longer), controversially beating out the Scottish Saltire on a technicality.

In Northern Ireland, flag waving is caught up in tribal sectarian rivalry. And in Scotland? Oh, Scotland, weirdest little country in the world. Some faint at the sight of a Saltire and others get ...

A SALTIRE is flying again over the birthplace of the Scottish flag – after an engineering firm read about the plight in the Evening News. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman ...

The Saltire which has proudly flown in the birthplace of the Scottish flag for decades has been ripped down by the gales which battered the country last month. And putting it up again seems about ...

The Saltire, also known as St. Andrew’s Cross, is the national flag of Scotland. It features a white diagonal cross on a blue field, representing the crucifixion of Saint Andrew, the patron ...

To art majors, it’s a saltire, a heraldic symbol. To theologians, it’s a St. Andrew’s Cross, named for the Christian apostle who was nailed upon it. To a lot of us, it’s just a big red X.