Robert Rees (singer) at every Gorsedd ceremony since. In 1887 Rees was invited to sing at the National Eisteddfod in London in front of the Prince of Wales, Albert Edward. Rees led the singing of "God Bless the Prince of Wales" and at the end of the meeting he also sang "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau", to which the prince and his family rose, the first time royalty had stood to the Anthem of Wales. Rees sang throughout Wales and England and in 1879 he performed a tour of North America. He died at his home in Swansea on 5 June 1892. Robert Rees
2003 Football League Second Division play-off Final construction works. Neither Cardiff or QPR had ever played a match at the ground. In previous years, the British national anthem God Save the Queen had been sung by during the pre-match ceremony. As Cardiff are a Welsh team, enquiries were made to the Football League regarding the Welsh national anthem Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau also being sung but was rejected with the Football League stating that the match was "a club game, not an international fixture." This was despite both anthems being played prior to the 1997 Football League Third Division play-off Final when another Welsh team, Swansea City,