Kilt on Colin Firth in movie "The King's Speech"

**millykilts** · 16th January 11, 05:40 AM

The King is wearing Modern Douglas,regimental tartan of the Cameronians The Scottish Rifles.As reigning monarch he automatically becomes Colonel in Chief of armed forces.

After getting a better look at the sett as stated this is not douglas.Think i might need to get specs or a bigger laptop.

And all Scots Bn have a kilt in their regiment wether it is Pipes and Drums even the lowland regiments

**figheadair** · 16th January 11, 06:10 AM

Originally Posted by millykilts

The King is wearing Modern Douglas,regimental tartan of the Cameronians The Scottish Rifles.As reigning monarch he automatically becomes Colonel in Chief of armed forces.

No he's not. Here's a better clip showing the sett. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9YUS...eature=related and here's the tartan in detail. Definitely not Douglas.

It's also worth pointing out that the Cameronians were not a kilted regiment except for the pipers.

Originally Posted by xman

I saw it.

I'm pretty sure he's wearing County Kerry in the car.

I had to laugh since that one can't even be twenty years old. I recently saw The Queen and remarked that Charles was wearing a very modern tartan at one point as well and wondered if the designer hadn't chosen something to represent the Balmoral tartan which the actors, of course, wouldn't be permitted to wear.

Do I get a cracker?

I reckon you probably do. Well done. Designed in 1997 so if it is then this is a real historical blunder.

**macwilkin** · 16th January 11, 06:10 AM

Originally Posted by millykilts

The King is wearing Modern Douglas,regimental tartan of the Cameronians The Scottish Rifles.As reigning monarch he automatically becomes Colonel in Chief of armed forces.

Whilst members of the Royal family do serve as Colonels-in-Chief of British & Commonwealth regiments, in the case of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), the only C-i-C of that particular regiment was HM King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.

T.

**Biathlonman** · 16th January 11, 07:20 AM

That's got to be right - the Modern Douglas I mean. The producers seemed such sticklers for accuracy that they would go to great lengths to not make a mistake. You have good eyes and patience to spare to pick that detail up. Funny, in that clip of the drive to Balmoral, one just knew something was up when they passed those trees coming down.

I am not sure many Americans understand the titanic nature of the abdication crisis in its day but I've studied the period intensively and the movie gets the politics right, and the portraits of caddish conflicted Edward and his gorgonish girlfriend are bang on. Or is that a violation of Forum Rule #5? (Perhaps I'll be complained about by someone from Baltimore now. Another welcome for a new guy! )

The Cameronians had a long and distinguished history going back to the days of the Scottish covenant and elected for total disbandment rather than take their chances in an amalgamation.

Video of their final passing out parade and laying up of their colours is on Utube somewhere.

**figheadair** · 16th January 11, 08:03 AM

Originally Posted by Biathlonman

That's got to be right - the Modern Douglas I mean. The producers seemed such sticklers for accuracy that they would go to great lengths to not make a mistake.

I assume that's a tongue in cheek comment. There's no brown in Modern Douglas

**macwilkin** · 17th January 11, 06:56 AM

Originally Posted by Biathlonman

That's got to be right - the Modern Douglas I mean. The producers seemed such sticklers for accuracy that they would go to great lengths to not make a mistake. You have good eyes and patience to spare to pick that detail up. Funny, in that clip of the drive to Balmoral, one just knew something was up when they passed those trees coming down.

I am not sure many Americans understand the titanic nature of the abdication crisis in its day but I've studied the period intensively and the movie gets the politics right, and the portraits of caddish conflicted Edward and his gorgonish girlfriend are bang on. Or is that a violation of Forum Rule #5? (Perhaps I'll be complained about by someone from Baltimore now. Another welcome for a new guy! )

The Cameronians had a long and distinguished history going back to the days of the Scottish covenant and elected for total disbandment rather than take their chances in an amalgamation.

Video of their final passing out parade and laying up of their colours is on Utube somewhere.

Information: http://cameronians.org/gallery/index.html#3

We need more men like Padre MacDonald these days.

"gorgonish"...wow.

T.

**Bigkahuna** · 17th January 11, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

Whilst members of the Royal family do serve as Colonels-in-Chief of British & Commonwealth regiments, in the case of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), the only C-i-C of that particular regiment was HM King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.

T.

Sorry for butting in so late but wasn't Czar Nicholas the C-i-C of the Scots Greys at one point and the donor of their white Bearskin for their bass drummer/kettltdrummer?

**BoldHighlander** · 18th January 11, 01:41 AM

Originally Posted by Bigkahuna

Sorry for butting in so late but wasn't Czar Nicholas the C-i-C of the Scots Greys at one point and the donor of their white Bearskin for their bass drummer/kettltdrummer?

Yes. As I understand it, the white bearskin was presented to the regiment by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in 1894, on his becoming the Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Scots Greys.

**macwilkin** · 18th January 11, 04:32 AM

Originally Posted by Bigkahuna

Sorry for butting in so late but wasn't Czar Nicholas the C-i-C of the Scots Greys at one point and the donor of their white Bearskin for their bass drummer/kettltdrummer?

Correct on both counts. Wilhelm II was also a C-i-C of a regiment (the KRRC comes to mind, but don't quote me) until 1914, when he was stripped of that honour.

T.