Quote Originally Posted by HeathBar
Actually George V was not a Stewart. He was a Sax-Coburg-Gotha and then changed the family's name to Windsor During WWI. This is according to
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page128.asp

Now, I don't know if the Royal Family today uses Stewart tartan as their tartan of choice or not, (kinda doubt it) I'll let one of the historians here verify that.
Not quite. George V had Stewart Blood, as did his grandmother, Victoria.

Matt has already responded about the Stewart tartan issue, so I won't echo him, although I think it should be pointed out that it was Scots who were responsible for the creation of the modern clan tartan system, not the English-- specifcially Wilson's of Bannockburn, The Highland Society of London, etc. And not to mention Sir Walter Scott, who was one of the organisers of George IV's visit to Scotland in 1822.

As for the Charles Edward Stuart tartan, I remember reading somewhere that the old Royal Ulster Constabulary's pipe band used it for their tartan, which was somewhat ironic, given the whole Jacobite-Williamite Wars!

Cheers,

Todd