Kilts at the Royal Hospital Chelsea

**An t-Ileach** · 8th June 06, 04:37 PM

Today, 8 June, was the 314th annual Founders Day at the Royal Hospital. Although there were not as many kilts on display as one would like, there were a few nevertheless:

A Black Watch (Royal Highlander) (with the back of another Black Watch bonnet standing up in the crowd)

A couple of officers and some ORs from the Royal Gurkha Rifles and a civilian in a kilt

This included a royal equerry from The Highlanders (the soap opera sounding unit that has now had to give way to the Royal Regiment of Scotland):

There was a bevy of schoolgirls from a local prep school in their uniforms which seemed to consist of proper girls' kilts and bonnets, with boys' hose and garter flashes:

There was a march past of the "boys":

HM reviewed the three companies of 'in-pensioners', talking to many:

reviewing the front rank of Number 3 Company

talking to the right marker of Number 2 Company

And me:

And I spotted a conference of equerries from the Governor's Tent:

You can see the pics I've uploaded to date at my Photobucket album. I'll try and put the others up in the next day or so.

**Hamish** · 8th June 06, 05:06 PM

A very nice set of photos, David. But what on earth do those schoolgirls look like? Sorry, but I think that's a dreadful uniform for young schoolgirls - put boys into something similar and all would be right with the world!

PS: I cannot access the other photos in your Photobucket album - I don't have your Password!!!

PPS: Now I know who to be looking out for at the Harpenden Highland Gathering on 16th July!!

**An t-Ileach** · 8th June 06, 05:11 PM

Yes, I thought the girls' uniforms were odd - there were some boys from the same prepper but they were wearing trews.

I'll have to figure something out about the Photobucket thing - maybe I'll have to post them somewhere else.

Look forward to seeing you on 16 July.

**bubba** · 8th June 06, 05:19 PM

You have to go into Account Options and make them public.

**Robin** · 8th June 06, 05:41 PM

Very nice pictures!

**cloves** · 8th June 06, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by Hamish

Sorry, but I think that's a dreadful uniform for young schoolgirls - put boys into something similar and all would be right with the world!

really? You don't like it??? I like the look alot. I like the longer more femine cut of the jackets, I like the pleats all the way around. With the exception of the bonnet (i only found a handful of hats I like at all) I think the uniform is awesome.

**Big Dave** · 8th June 06, 06:20 PM

Fantastic pictures.

**auld argonian** · 8th June 06, 06:34 PM

Did you have a cool day for the event? I seem to remember a documentary that featured the pensioners and it mentioned that a very warm day tended to take a toll on some of those who weren't quite up to it...them being in the distinctive and somewhat heavy uniforms and all.

It is very impressive...perhaps one of the things that's different when you have a monarch is that events like this can't be considered political like they can be in the States.

Best

AA