King Charles III welcomed to Balmoral in Scotland by Royal Guard (lots of kilts)

**Octobrachium** · 21st August 23, 01:27 PM

King Charles III welcomed to Balmoral in Scotland by Royal Guard of honour and pony 21st August 2023, as posted by Braemar Media on YouTube:

**Jock Scot** · 21st August 23, 11:41 PM

And, Estate life goes on pretty much the same as it always has..........

I am very glad to see.

**OC Richard** · 23rd August 23, 05:18 AM

Thanks for the video link!

So nice to continue to see Charles visiting Scotland and doing so in Highland Dress.

He's worn that tartan, Hunting Stewart (ancient colours) since he was a lad.

BTW with the new Royal Regiment of Scotland's generic uniforms it's hard to know which battalion is being seen.

Until they showed Cruachan, the mascot of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, now 5SCOTS.

Since the Pipes & Drums of 5SCOTS was disbanded in 2013, the Pipes & Drums of 4SCOTS is employed.

Nice to see that the Pipe Major is bearded, a longstanding tradition in the Cameron Highlanders.

**Tomo** · 23rd August 23, 05:50 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

BTW with the new Royal Regiment of Scotland's generic uniforms it's hard to know which battalion is being seen.

I understand each battalion has a different coloured hackle - but they don't wear them with dress uniform only with combats.

**OC Richard** · 24th August 23, 05:02 AM

Originally Posted by Tomo

I understand each battalion has a different coloured hackle - but they don't wear them with dress uniform only with combats.

Right, each battalion has a differently coloured hackle on their TOS.

But with the Glengarry all battalions wear the same blackcock hackle.

**kilted redleg** · 24th August 23, 08:37 AM

I do not think you'll ever see HM King Charles III not kilted when in Scotland.

**Jock Scot** · 24th August 23, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by kilted redleg

I do not think you'll ever see HM King Charles III not kilted when in Scotland.

I fear that you will be disappointed, the King has happily worn trousers when appropriate or when the mood takes in the past when in Scotland and I really don’t expect him to change from doing so now.

**OC Richard** · 25th August 23, 03:46 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

the King has happily worn trousers when appropriate or when the mood takes in the past when in Scotland...

Which makes me wonder how many suitcases he travels with.

I work at Disneyland (the California one) and last week I talked to a young woman who told me she brought 4 suitcases and 15 bags of clothes for her weeklong stay in Anaheim.

**Jock Scot** · 25th August 23, 04:56 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

Which makes me wonder how many suitcases he travels with.

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Lots and lots of trunks and cases, remember he is at Balmoral for the best part of two months. He will of course have some attire already there.

**stickman** · 25th August 23, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

Which makes me wonder how many suitcases he travels with.

I work at Disneyland (the California one) and last week I talked to a young woman who told me she brought 4 suitcases and 15 bags of clothes for her weeklong stay in Anaheim.

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I don’t understand anyone who takes that much clothing for one week. When I was working I traveled all over the world, sometimes I was gone three months at a time. I traveled wearing a suit and tie, carrying a briefcase a toolkit and one suitcase and a very thick passport. There are laundry services at hotels and I used them constantly. I stayed at a hotel once and the only thing they would not wash was my underwear. No problem, I just washed my own, put them on top of the lamp shade, with the light on and they dried in no time. With the amount of travel I did it would have been impossible to take more excess baggage. Granted I had the necessaries down to the minimum. By the way I always was treated well by airline personnel, due to the way I dressed.