Originally Posted by
ccga3359
... 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... 
Cheers
Jamie
-See it there, a white plume
Over the battle - A diamond in the ash
Of the ultimate combustion-My panache
Edmond Rostand
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