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    Quote Originally Posted by ccga3359 View Post
    ... Downplay the kilt pin to a simple pin as it was Queen Victoria herself that invented (?) the kilt pin by using a hat pin on a soldiers wayward kilt one windy day.
    We are eternally grateful that is was some dashing young Scot who predicament caught the Queen's eye, and whose modesty was saved by one of her own brooches. Had it been Grant, more than likely she would have just used a staple gun...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Panache View Post
    Had it been Grant, more than likely she would have just used a staple gun...

    Cheers

    Jamie
    And I would bloody well count that as a kilt check!!!

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