Did You See It King Charles Dons His Kilt for a Striking Burns Night Portrait?

King Charles is kicking off Burns Night with a new kilted look.

King Charles kilt

On Saturday, Buckingham Palace released an official image of the monarch sporting the traditional Scottish skirt to mark the annual celebration of Scotland’s national poet Robert Burns. In the photo—which was shot last fall by royal photographer Millie Pilkington in the library of the royal family’s Scottish holiday home of Balmoral—showed Charles wearing a beige waistcoat and matching suit jacket with a red, blue, and green striped tie on top, and on bottom, a coordinating tartan kilt with a brown leather sporran bag tied around his waist.

King Charles wearing a kilt at Balmoral

MILLIE PILKINGTON/BUCKINGHAM PALACE via Getty Images

The snapshot was also shared to the Royal Family’s Instagram page and in the caption, they wrote: “Wishing those celebrating a very happy #BurnsNight tonight.”

This isn’t the first time Charles has worn a kilt. Throughout the years, he’s been spotted sporting them on both private and public occasions—including on his honeymoon with Princess Diana, sporting events, and just hanging around the grounds at Balmoral.

King Charles wearing a kilt at Balmoral

The British royal family has a deep connection to Scotland. Not only do they visit Edinburgh every summer for Royal Week, but they also vacation at Balmoral Castle, where Queen Elizabeth spent her final days before she died at age 96.

King Charles wearing a kilt on honeymoon with Princess Diana

The king even quoted Burns when speaking about his mother’s death at the Scottish Parliament in September 2022. “My mother felt, as I do, the greatest admiration for the Scottish people, for their magnificent achievements and their indomitable spirit,” Charles said at the time, per Us Weekly. “And it was the greatest comfort for her to know, in turn, the true affection in which she was held. The knowledge of that deep and abiding bond must be to us a solace as we mourn the end of a life of incomparable service.”

He continued, “If I might paraphrase the words of the great Robert Burns, my dear mother was: ‘The friend of man, the friend of truth; The friend of age, and guide of youth: Few hearts like hers, with virtue warm’d, Few heads with knowledge so inform’d.’”

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