Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
Not only "Pontious Pilate's Bodyguard", but the Black Watch, Royal Scots, R.S.D.G. and the K.O.S.B. were also given permission to wear the Royal Stewart tartan, Peter. There have been several Commonwealth regiments as well:

http://www.regiments.org/tradition/tartans/stuartro.htm

And my point was, btw, that the Black Watch was a "universal" tartan first as a regimental tartan (the Royal Scots wore it before adopting the Hunting Stewart tartan, for example) before it became a "free tartan". I was not implying that it was a restricted tartan.

Todd
Sorry Todd, but I wasn't getting at you. I only mentioned the Royal Scots as an example of the Monarch giving permission to wear the Royal Stewart tartan. I only chose them as, along with the Black Watch, they are a regiment I have served alongside.

However you listing all those regiments that have been given permission does help make my point. I didn't know about Pontious Pilate's Bodyguard

But it is a fact that any clothing worn by the British Military can be worn with impunity by civilians and Royal Stewart tartan getting all that exposure probably helped push it into the "free zone".

Peter