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In 1959, the red, white, and green dragon flag was formally recognized. The red dragon is based on an Arthurian legend about the magician Merlin's sighting of a red dragon. It was said to depict a fight between native Britons in red and Saxon invaders in white. The colors green and white depict the Tudor House.

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