Article continues below Since 2006, St Andrews Day has been a bank holiday ... Eventually, the Saltire was adopted as the Scottish flag — with many believing it is because of the white clouds ...

The town was named after him, and now St. Andrews is famous for its ancient ... on the blue background was adopted as the national flag of Scotland, and is one of the oldest national flags in ...

is depicted on Scotland’s national flag. Legend has it that some of Andrew’s bones – including finger bones, an arm bone and a kneecap – were brought to St. Andrews as relics in the eighth ...

St Andrews Day is celebrated in Scotland as Andrew the Apostle is the country's patron saint. Andrew was selected as Scotland's patron saint in 1320 when Scotland made an appeal to the Pope for ...

The most high-profile relationship in the world blossomed among the spires of St Andrews, on Scotland’s rugged shore. Getty Images Kate Middleton and Prince William on their St Andrews ...

Prince William will be greeted with "warmth" in St Andrews, where he is reported to have decided ... Founded in 1411, the institution is Scotland's oldest university. He is set to embark on the ...

In medieval times, the bones of St Andrew, patron saint of Scotland’s Pictish people ... was commissioned and the town — now known as St Andrews — became the country’s ecclesiastical ...