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

[MacGuffin]

In one scene of the King's Speech, (when the family is moving to the palace) the Princesses Elizabeth and Margret seem to be sporting skirts in the Balmoral tartan or a similar looking set.

[Arlen]

Has anyone thought of contacting someone to ask what tartan they used and why?

I've had plenty of luck asking questions of production teams before and usually they work hard to be accurate and only choose not to
be when it would be very difficult to film with an accurate item.

[millykilts]

Has anyone thought of contacting someone to ask what tartan they used and why?

I've had plenty of luck asking questions of production teams before and usually they work hard to be accurate and only choose not to
be when it would be very difficult to film with an accurate item.

Now this answer i am 100% on the reason the movie makers have got Colin Firth not wearing Balmoral tartan is that you cannot purchase this tartan without direct permission from the Royal households secretary.And righlty so this tartan is for members of the Royal familly one exception is the the Queens piper has to wear it.The reason i am 100% as i had to work on Queens Piper Jimmy Stout ex Queens Own Highlander with which i was the Master stitch, i had to get permission from her secretary to be given some yardage to do the task at hand.It was made quite clear that if any off cuttings or any form of this tartan appeared anywhere i would be looking for a new job and all offcuts were returned to Kinloch Anderson for disposal.I find it hardly unlikely that the film industry would be even considered for approval.

[figheadair]

Now this answer i am 100% on the reason the movie makers have got Colin Firth not wearing Balmoral tartan is that you cannot purchase this tartan without direct permission from the Royal households secretary.And righlty so this tartan is for members of the Royal familly one exception is the the Queens piper has to wear it.The reason i am 100% as i had to work on Queens Piper Jimmy Stout ex Queens Own Highlander with which i was the Master stitch, i had to get permission from her secretary to be given some yardage to do the task at hand.It was made quite clear that if any off cuttings or any form of this tartan appeared anywhere i would be looking for a new job and all offcuts were returned to Kinloch Anderson for disposal.I find it hardly unlikely that the film industry would be even considered for approval.

That's the case now but it wasn't always so. In the 1930s several manufacturers wove and sold the Balmoral commercially. As a result several different versions arose. The original was in fact technically a tweed and not tartan.

[figheadair]

Has anyone thought of contacting someone to ask what tartan they used and why?

I've had plenty of luck asking questions of production teams before and usually they work hard to be accurate and only choose not to
be when it would be very difficult to film with an accurate item.

I've been trying to contact them, in fact the costume designer, all week without success. Hope to get reply soon.