STEWART OR ROYAL

Mclan has appropriately enough chosen to represent the Stewart tartan by portraying Prince Charles Edward Stewart, the Young Pretender', taken from a contemporary miniature. The Prince is seen here at the height of his career when he held Royal Court in Edinburgh in September 1745. There are several different Stewart setts, including the Hunting and the Stewart of Appin. Royal Stewart was never a clan tartan, but the 'Royal' tartan. It is worn by the pipers of the Scots Guards. it was described by the late King George V as 'my personal tartan', but His Majesty King George VI on informal occasions prefers to wear a tartan known as the Balmoral sett, which was designed by the Prince Consort and is reserved for the use of the Royal Family.