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Introducing Owain Glyndŵr

Owain Glyndwr: The Last Welsh Prince, broadcast 04 May 2006

600 years ago the island of Britain was in turmoil. The people of Wales had taken up arms to try to shake off the rule of the English, at the urging of one man.

Owain Glyndŵr


See also

Investiture timeline

Image of investiture timeline

Day-by-day

Take a tour of the 1969 investiture.

The Welsh flag

Image of the Welsh flag

Y Ddraig Goch

The current flag was adopted by royal decree only in 1959.


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