The royal, 74, sported a kilt in the Prince Charles Edward Stewart tartan, to attend the annual event in the village of John O'Groats, in Wick this afternoon.

Each summer, the British royal family decamps to Balmoral for a weeks-long holiday at the castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

The Royal Stewart tartan, which dates back at least as far as 1800, has been popular with the royals over the centuries, however it is the Balmoral tartan that is reserved for the family to wear ...

The monarch, 76, can be seen wearing a kilt made from the King Charles III tartan in the picture, which was taken in the library at Balmoral Castle, the royal family’s holiday home in Scotland.

Kiltmaker Gordon Nicolson – whose Royal Mile store has made University of Edinburgh and the John Muir Way tartans – said the King’s choice of tartan was in homage to his love for the country.

The Balmoral Tartan Like the Royal Stewart, the precise origins of the Balmoral tartan appear to be lost to history. While legend has it that the pattern was created by Prince Albert in 1853 after ...

A historic tartan worn by the King as he stood vigil by the Queen ’s coffin was a "sign of respect" and love for Scotland, an expert has said. The monarch wore the Prince Charles Edward Stewart ...