flashes and their length

[sailortats]

This subject has been discussed many times before and what I learned from it was that only a very little amount of the flashes/garter ties should show below the hose turndown. As in this pic of HRH the Duke of Rothesey


However, I also have seen a picture of Her Majesty's Balmoral Pipe Major and he seems to look at things quite differently


So now I will ask, who is the better dressed? They both look pretty darned sharp to me. Maybe the length of the flashes/garter ties is not as important as we seem to make it. Whadda ya think?