exceptions to tradition: the Queen

[Urchurdan]

I was taught all I know about kilts by my Maternal Grandfather who fought kilted with the Argyll's in WW1. As far as I could garner from him, they did in the main wear underwear in the cold weather, and did not in the main in the hot weather due to lice - it was easier to go without.
There is one thing he did always stress, that it was not good manners to discuss whether you did or not with ANYONE else. I find it mildly discomforting that men feel the need to discuss this entirely private matter at all.....

[Nighthawk]

I was taught all I know about kilts by my Maternal Grandfather who fought kilted with the Argyll's in WW1. As far as I could garner from him, they did in the main wear underwear in the cold weather, and did not in the main in the hot weather due to lice - it was easier to go without.
There is one thing he did always stress, that it was not good manners to discuss whether you did or not with ANYONE else. I find it mildly discomforting that men feel the need to discuss this entirely private matter at all.....

I tend to agree, but you have to remember that there is the misconception that it's some sort of taboo to wear them, and that a lot of men don't feel comfortable with that. On the other hand, none of us wants to offend tradition. So what better idea to learn than to simply ask? If accurate and more informed, less contradictory information were available, there would be no need to discuss it!

So- to answer the question from what I was taught by my paternal grandmother, who was a MacLeod from the Isle of Skye- If you were take a French poodle and put a German collar on it, would it all of a sudden become a German shepherd? Of course not! By the same basic logic, what you wear under your kilt does not change the nature of what it is.

[Tobus]

I was taught all I know about kilts by my Maternal Grandfather who fought kilted with the Argyll's in WW1. As far as I could garner from him, they did in the main wear underwear in the cold weather, and did not in the main in the hot weather due to lice - it was easier to go without.
There is one thing he did always stress, that it was not good manners to discuss whether you did or not with ANYONE else. I find it mildly discomforting that men feel the need to discuss this entirely private matter at all.....

An individual's choice is certainly his own. But I thought this discussion was about military regulations and traditions? Certainly it's not a "private matter" if it's part of the military dress code.

[McClef]

Trefor, it seems we are thinking about a different picture.

No Mike, it was the same one.

I had previously read that the "modest" version was the original but that his more careless pose had been an open invitation for a little digital fun.

However even Snopes cannot make up its mind.

But I am sure that even if true, Her Majesty, would have been as amused as her Great Great Grandmother, Queen Victoria was in a conversation with Mrs Disraeli.

They were talking about perfection at a Buckingham Palace levée and the Queen had made a remark about something or other being perfect.

To which Mary Ann Disraeli artlessly remarked "ah but Ma'am, you haven't seen my Dizzy in the bath."

Victoria had to put her fan in front of her face to hide her giggles.

[Mike_Oettle]

McClef wrote: “Victoria had to put her fan in front of her face to hide her giggles.”