William is said to have had a unicorn added to the Scottish royal coat of arms—the shield of which is a red Lion Rampant on a yellow background—but no evidence of it has survived. Those with ...

Though the Saltire – a diagonal white cross on a deep blue background – is the official flag of Scotland ... Depicted by a red lion standing on its hind legs in a field of yellow, with ...

Its white diagonal cross ... its bright yellow and red makes it more recognisable. The first recorded use of the Lion Rampant as an emblem in Scotland was by Alexander II in 1222.