Quote Originally Posted by Mipi View Post
Yesterday there was a movie "The Queen" (director Stephen Frears) on or national TV. Some number of kilts could be seen. King Fillip and Prince Charles were seen more often in them then in anything else.
Yes. It is called "Balmorality" here and is a curious phenomenon started by Queen Victoria in the 19th century where the queen of England decamps to the highlands of Scotland every August and all the males of her family and guests dress up in kilts and "go native", much to the amusement of the local natives, none of whom actually wear kilts themselves. They don't, in fact, even provide their estate workers with kilts which is a shame as I am sure tourists would love to see a few kilted people about when they visit the area. By the way Philip is known as Prince Philip or the Duke of Edinburgh, definitely not King .