Scots outraged over restricted tartan

[Liam]

It appears that The Scotsman newspaper has just learned, 80 years after the fact, that the wearing of the Balmoral tartan is restricted to members of the royal family and the queen's piper: http://www.scotsman.com/news/royals-...rtan-1-4203624 The article has inspired a number of outraged comments.

The writer of the article you reference should do some fact checking. The Act of Proscription of 1747, did not ban tartan, but highland dress including kilts. It was repealed on July 1, 1782 not 1822 as stated in the article. And I don't think anyone should be disturbed that they cannot wear something that someone else has restricted. Sometimes newspapers are trying to manufacture the news, not report it.