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Article: 'To us, 1745 doesn't feel that long ago; in evolutionary terms it's nothing'
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- Scotland on Sunday
- Article date:
- August 23, 2009
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The last Jacobite uprising may have died on the moors of
Cullodenbut dreams of a Stuart on the throne have not. For today's
dedicated followers of Bonnie Prince Charlie, this episode in
Scotland's past exerts a powerful hold, driven by romance, history,
patriotism and fancy outfits
THESE days, in Scotland, you are more likely to encounter midgie
bites than Jacobites. The movement, which fought for the restoration
of the Stuart monarchy, was largely exterminated in the violent
purges following the Battle of Culloden, Bonnie Prince Charlie's
bloody last stand. Yet in the 21st century there are still men, and
a few women, as familiar with the heft of a broadsword and the weft
of a plaid as ...