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The Scottish flag - how blue should it
be ?
The
Scottish flag - the oldest national flag
in Europe - is the only one in the world
in which the background colours vary, the
Scottish Parliament has been told.
A
petition from a member of the public
alleges the Saltire is being devalued by
the different colours of blue used in the
background.
In
a letter to the Public Petitions
Committee, George Reid, of Edinburgh, said
the background of the Scottish flag should
be sky blue. Mr Reid said this was because
of its origins, dating back to an 832AD
battle fought at Athelstaneford, in East
Lothian, when the Picts under Angus mac
Fergus defeated a larger force of Angles
and Saxons.
"Fearful
of the outcome, King Angus led prayers for
deliverance and was
rewarded
by seeing a cloud formation of a white
Saltire - the diagonal cross
against
which Saint Andrew had been martyred -
against a clear blue sky," writes Mr Reid.
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"The
King vowed that if he gained the victory
then Andrew would be the patron saint of
Scotland.
"The
Scots did win and the Saltire became the
flag of Scotland.
"It
is a matter of regret that this flag, with
its proud
origins,
should be devalued by being made and
flown
with
varying background shades. No other
country's
flag
is made with varying backgrounds."
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Mr
Reid said in the letter that the Lord Lyon
King of
Arms,
the authority on such matters, had
declined to
prescribe
a precise shade of blue for the Saltire,
a
view
accepted by Scottish ministers.
He
called on the parliament to "remove
variations
which
must be as puzzling to many outside
Scotland as
they
are infuriating to many who live here".
He
also urged MSPs to encourage the flying of
the
national
flag, which he believed to be the
world's
oldest.
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