The One Show presenter, 42, was one of many Welsh people who shared their incredulity after Dan Walker, 42, came clean about not knowing the story of Gelert the faithful hound. Taking to Twitter, Dan informed his 560,000 followers his mother, who is Welsh, had been appalled by the news. “My Welsh mum is disappointed that I hadn’t heard of ‘Gelert’ the famous Welsh dog,” he wrote. Clearly on the same page as her BBC colleague’s mother, Alex Jones shared the post in view of her own 233,000 followers, jokingly telling him off for the oversight.
“Come on Dan!!!!” she tweeted, adding a kiss at the end to demonstrate the good-humour behind the chiding.
Dan was quick to apologise, replying: “Sorry.”
He also added a sheepish neutral face and a laughing emoji.
The story of Gelert says the faithful hound belonged to Prince Llywelyn the Great, who returned from hunting one day to find his infant son’s cradle empty.
It then tells of how he saw Gelert with blood dripping from his mouth, slaying the dog in a rage after assuming he had killed his son.
However, as the hound howled a final time, Llyweyn heard the cry of the baby coming from beneath the cradle, next to a wolf who had been
