"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Queen Elizabeth's grandfather King George V, her father King George VI, and, of course, the Queen ...

Nevada is known for its desert bighorn sheep — the official state animal — and the desert tortoise, its official reptile. But there are other official designations that are lesser known, including a ...

Two portraits in the National Museum of Scotland held the key to the revival of the ancient cloth. A lost and “extremely rare” tartan worn more than 300 years ago has been saved - and woven once again ...

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From Princes Street to Piccadilly, the sight of a kilted figure conjures up a plethora of images: a Highland chieftain, a Jacobite, a Scottish soldier; Ossian on a mist-wreathed mountain, a character ...

The iconic fabric and its rich history is to be celebrated at a V&A Dundee exhibition which will display 300 pieces of tartan from all walks of design While you may associate tartan as simply a ...

Royal Stewart. MacDougal. Farquharson. Wemyss. Colquhoun. No, they aren't labels on bottles of Scotch. Nor are they Celtic singing groups. They are the 'official' names of tartans that define this ...