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==== Official country and language status ====
In 2011, the International Standards Organisation officially changed the status of Wales to country after the term "principality" was used in error. This came about following lobbying from Plaid Cymru AM (Assembly Member) [[Leanne Wood]]. Legally Wales had ceased to be a principality since the period that the Statue of Rhuddlan was implemented from 1284 to 1542.<ref>{{Cite web|last=WalesOnline|date=2011-07-31|title=International body grants Wales country status after principality error|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/international-body-grants-wales-country-1813629|access-date=2022-02-10|website=WalesOnline|language=en}}</ref> The governments of the United Kingdom and of Wales almost invariably define Wales as a country.<ref name="Number 10">{{cite web|date=10 January 2003|title=Countries within a country|url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page823|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080909013512/http:/www.number10.gov.uk/Page823|archive-date=9 September 2008|access-date=5 November 2010|website=10 Downing Street website|publisher=[[10 Downing Street]]|quote=The United Kingdom is made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.}}</ref><ref name="WalesOnline 03072010">{{cite web|date=3 July 2010|title=UN report causes stir with Wales dubbed 'Principality'|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/welsh-politics/welsh-politics-news/2010/07/03/un-report-causes-stir-with-wales-dubbed-principality-91466-26777027/|access-date=25 July 2010|website=WalesOnline website|publisher=[[Media Wales|Media Wales Ltd]]|quote=... the Assembly's Counsel General, John Griffiths, <nowiki>[said]</nowiki>: "I agree that, in relation to Wales, Principality is a misnomer and that Wales should properly be referred to as a country.}}</ref> VisitWales.com states that "Wales is not a Principality. Although we are joined with England by land, and we are part of Great Britain, Wales is a country in its own right."<ref name="WAG FAQ">{{cite web|year=2008|title=Wales.com FAQs|url=http://www.wales.com/about-wales/frequently-asked-questions#Question_11|access-date=24 August 2015|website=Wales.com website|publisher=[[Welsh Government]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bogdanor|first=Vernon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lTnHwWWKAR8C&pg=PA52%20%
The [[Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011]] modernised the 1993 Welsh Language Act and gave Welsh an official status in Wales for the first time, a major landmark for the language. Welsh is the only official ''de jure'' language of any country in the UK. The Measure was also responsible for creating the post of [[Welsh Language Commissioner]], replacing the Welsh Language Board.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 {{!}} Law Wales|url=https://law.gov.wales/culture/welsh-language/welsh-language-wales-measure-2011|access-date=2022-02-03|website=law.gov.wales}}</ref> Following the referendum in 2011, the Official Languages Act became the first Welsh law to be created in 600 years, according to the First Minister at the time, [[Carwyn Jones]]. This law was passed by Welsh AMs (assembly members) only and made Welsh an official language of the National Assembly.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-11-12|title=First Welsh law 'for 600 years'|url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2012-11-12/first-welsh-law-for-600-years|access-date=2022-02-03|website=ITV News|language=en}}</ref>
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