The tartan is Prince of Wales, also known as Duke of Rothesay Hunting (the latter being more appropriate for his title in Scotland).
Incidentally, there is a Rothesay Hunting tartan that is slightly different, in that it has alternating patterns of three white lines and single white lines. This one, supposedly, was originally meant to be Rothesay Hunting but the single white line part of the pattern was omitted and it ended up with the triple white lines in every field. So it was named Prince of Wales or Duke of Rothesay and became its own variant.
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The "Prince Of Rothsay" as given by the Allen Brothers presents a complex story; in Scotland's Forged Tartans the author says
"The situation is one of utter confusion. First, the texts (the Vestiarium Scoticum and the Cromarty Manuscript) as they stand are in substantial disagreement both internally and with each other; secondly, we have to consider the Sobieski drawing made in 1829...which does not conform to either text...finally, we have the published illustration which conflicts entirely with the 1829 drawing and with both texts, except in respect for the triple white lines described in the dubious final parts of the texts...
It is unfortunate that the Rothesay tartan in use today derives solely from the Vestiarium plate, since it is quite unlike anything we can derive from either of the texts."
Here's the tartan derived from the Vestiarium plate referred to above
What the Prince wears in that photo looks to be a colour-reversal of the Allen brother's design (green and red areas reversed) but keeping the triple white stripe.
As OC Richard alluded, the story of the Prince/Duke of Rothesay and the Duke of Rothesay Hunting is complicated. Here are my thoughts on things - Duke of Rothesay Tartans
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