The days are long gone when they played the anthem in cinemas Phil but I remember when it was that many made that famous mad scramble for the exit!
Theses days at events in Wales - such as our choir concerts for example, we start with God Save the Queen and end with Hen Wlad Fy'n Hadau. At rugby internationals it's purely the latter.
In July 2006, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted an online poll (publicised by Reporting Scotland) in which voters could choose a national anthem from one of five candidates. 10,000 people took part in the poll in which Flower of Scotland came out a clear winner. The results were as follows:
Flower of Scotland 41%
Scotland the Brave 29%
Highland Cathedral 16%
A Man's a Man for A' That 7%
Scots Wha Hae 7%
And in both Scotland and Wales you see many Union Jacks flying alongside the National flags - Wales isn't even represented on the Union Jack whereas Scotland is.
[B][COLOR="Red"][SIZE="1"]Reverend Earl Trefor the Sublunary of Kesslington under Ox, Venerable Lord Trefor the Unhyphenated of Much Bottom, Sir Trefor the Corpulent of Leighton in the Bucket, Viscount Mcclef the Portable of Kirkby Overblow.
Cymru, Yr Alban, Iwerddon, Cernyw, Ynys Manau a Lydaw am byth! Yng Nghiltiau Ynghyd!
(Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Isle of Man and Brittany forever - united in the Kilts!)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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