Episode 463
Flag of Orkney
Fri, 2018-Aug-10 00:08 UTC
Length - 1:34
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Welcome to random Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a random Wikipedia page every day.
The random article for Friday, 10 August 2018 is Flag of Orkney.
The Flag of Orkney was the winner of a public flag consultation in February and March 2007. In the flag consultation the people of Orkney were asked for their preferred design from a short list of 5, all of which had been approved by the Court of the Lord Lyon. The chosen design was that of Duncan Tullock of Birsay, which polled 53% of the 200 votes cast by the public.The colours red and yellow are from the Scottish and Norwegian royal coats of arms, which both use yellow and red, with a lion rampant. The flag symbolises the islands' Scottish and Norwegian heritage. The blue is taken from the flag of Scotland and also represents the sea and the maritime heritage of the islands.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:08 UTC on Friday, 10 August 2018.
For the full current version of the article, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Orkney.
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