Prince Charles Duke of Rothesay in kilt photos

[JSFMACLJR]

Honestly, I wasn't looking for a smart-*** response. It seemed a logical question since most modern Highland attire is rooted in military (especially) and British fashion, neither of which I am expertly versed. Further to, as this is a kilt forum, it also seemed logical that those reading this thread might be interested to learn more about the roots of modern Highland attire as so elegantly displayed by HRPoW, if there was one in this particular case. Thus, as I stated, I was CURIOUS if there was a precedence (NOT that there had to be), especially since I had been COPYING the PoW for some time now, ie 10+ years...

Sorry, Deil, if I seemed like a smart-***. I didn't intend to be, but I did want to point out that we don't need precedents for everything that we do or wear, that much of fashion is based on individual taste and style. I am, though, starting a thread about flashes, so you can see that Prince Charles isn't the only one to wear his flashes in that way!

Kind Regards,
Sandford

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Anybody know this tartan?

I think this is one of his best looking outfits.

That is the Rothesay Hunting tartan.

[plaid preacher]

Okay, I'm gonna stick my neck out on this one, but these two photos seem to be the Lamont tartan (white stripe on the Black Watch background), which is also part of HRH's lineage through the Queen Mother and the House of Glamis.

[ThistleDown]

HRH is Deputy Colonel-in-Chief of the Gordon Highlanders. It is not the custom in Scotland to wear tartans other than those connected directly with your family (or your husband's family), your regiment, your school or, sometimes, the district in which you live or the organisation that employs you. This is an early 90s pic:

[plaid preacher]

Greetings thistledown, I was a little uncertain about it, and yet there are a number of photos in this thread that seem to show a white stripe, not yellow. If it was just one I would write it off as poor colour quality in the photos, but there seem to me to be too many to discount.

[Lime]

The Prince isn't wearing a kilt in this one but it is an interesting story: particularly that Anderson & Sheppard are making a coat, from a piece of Balmoral Tweed, for his Jack Russell! Enjoy:

"The Prince of Wales has paid his first visit to his tailor for 30 years. Since becoming a client in 1982, the Prince has been measured and fitted at Clarence House by Mr. Hitchcock, Anderson & Sheppard’s chief cutter. The Prince likes to see Mr. Hitchcock soon after eight in the morning, “Then it’s not interrupting his day, as it were”. When trying on a half finished suit, he relies on the opinion of his valet as well as his own and that of his tailor.

Just before Christmas, Prince Charles paid a personal visit to Anderson & Sheppard to meet the people who measure, cut, sew and press his suits and to lend his support to the firm’s apprentice scheme. The Prince is also putting his weight behind his own Campaign for Wool, which he launched in 2008 to help struggling sheep farmers and promote the use of woollen products in fashion. Last year, His Royal Highness asked Anderson & Sheppard to source wool from Australia and New Zealand, to be used in the suits he would wear on his forthcoming tour of those countries.

On his visit to Anderson & Sheppard, he wore a double-breasted suit in a light grey and blue glen check, which Mr. Hitchcock recognised as having been made in the 1990s. The Prince always insists on jetted side pockets rather than flaps, to prevent him from putting his hands in his coat pockets. On one of Mr. Hitchcock’s visits to Clarence House, he showed the Prince an end-piece of Balmoral tweed, woven exclusively to make an overcoat for Prince Charles, and was commissioned on the spot to turn it into a coat for the Prince’s Jack Russell.

Not only is the Prince of Wales one of Britain’s best dressed men, but it seems his dog is giving most of the population a run for their money as well."

http://thechapmagazine.co.uk/2013/01.../#.USc7IB2NgeU

http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/news...erson-sheppard

[seumasFinn]

Greetings thistledown, I was a little uncertain about it, and yet there are a number of photos in this thread that seem to show a white stripe, not yellow. If it was just one I would write it off as poor colour quality in the photos, but there seem to me to be too many to discount.

No, i think it is just the monitor- I never took them to be but Gordon, knowing as Thistledown stated that he was Deputy Colonel-in-Chief. I've always liked the photo he included above.

Also I have Gordon surplus kilts for the mountains because they are bomb-proof and remember a regiment that had a long and honorable history.

And HRH office had the courtesy to take the time to answer a letter of mine long ago on something a bit more important than kilts.

[creagdhubh]

HRH is Deputy Colonel-in-Chief of the Gordon Highlanders. It is not the custom in Scotland to wear tartans other than those connected directly with your family (or your husband's family), your regiment, your school or, sometimes, the district in which you live or the organisation that employs you. This is an early 90s pic:

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It's Gordon tartan.

[Jock Scot]

Good idea Matt.This is a most instructive thread for those that want to see how the kilt should be worn.Please let's keep it.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Thanks for bringing back the HRH thread. I agree with Matt that it probably should be a "photos only" thread, to which I'll add that it might also be better placed in the "Traditional Attire" forum.