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

**McMurdo** · 23rd January 11, 04:29 PM

Sandford, I thought the very same thing regarding the sporran the hose and especially the jacket. when they obviously did their homework on the other costuming the Highland wear seemed to me to be an after thought. it seemed to me like they went down the Royal Mile to Heritage of Scotland and bought an entire outfit in the one place without doing any other research.

**davidlpope** · 23rd January 11, 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by McMurdo

when they obviously did their homework on the other costuming the Highland wear seemed to me to be an after thought. it seemed to me like they went down the Royal Mile to Heritage of Scotland and bought an entire outfit in the one place without doing any other research.

This was my reaction as well. I'm sure there were time/budget constraints, but the rest of the costuming seemed so spot-on and well thought, it was a bit of a shame given all the wonderful photos showing the Duke of York kilted.

Originally Posted by JSFMACLJR

Funny how we note the same things, David. I wasn't so much bothered by the tartan as I was the sporran, tweed kilt jacket, and hose. No Royal gentleman would have worn such a jacket. And the sporran! I guess those are pretty popular today, but in 1936 they were unheard of amongst the Highland grandees! The Duke of York would NEVER have worn a sporran with a cantle like that.

I agree. I was also a little surprised that they costumed Kind Edward VIII in a tweed suit at Balmoral. After reading the biography of the Duke of Windsor I got the feeling that he, more than any of his family, enjoyed wearing the kilt. IIRC, he even learned the pipes a bit...

David