Bedfordshire Day is celebrated each year on 28th November, the birthday of John Bunyan.
Recognising the day, Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, wrote to Richard to let him know that the county flag of Bedfordshire was flying at his department building on Marsham Street, London.
The three escallops on a black field on the flag are taken from the arms of the Russells, Dukes of Bedford, while the red and yellow (gold) quartered field derives from the arms of the Beauchamps, the leading family in the county after the Norman Conquest, who constructed Bedford Castle and were granted a barony at Bedford. The blue and white wavy stripes are a reference to the River Great Ouse which flows through the county and are a traditional heraldic representation of a water course.
Richard Fuller MP said:
I am a proud Bedfordian and wanted to take the opportunity to wish everyone across the great county of Bedfordshire a very happy Bedfordshire.
