King Charles dons new tartan for Highland games in Braemar

King Charles, Queen Camilla and the Princess Royal person joined thousands of Highland games spectators astatine the yearly Braemar Gathering.

The King attended for the archetypal clip since his coronation, wearing a kilt successful the caller King Charles III tartan.

Before her death, Queen Elizabeth was a regular astatine the lawsuit portion staying astatine the adjacent Balmoral property successful Aberdeenshire.

Events see Highland creation and heavyweights specified arsenic the hammer throw.

King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived to cheering crowds earlier taking their seats successful the Royal pavilion.

Peter Fraser, president of the Braemar Royal Highland Society said: "A caller king, it's precise special. It's large that the Royal Family has carried connected this tradition. All the Royal household instrumentality a large involvement successful the games, there's nary question astir that.

"One of the everlasting memories I person of the full Royal Family watching the sack contention with the small kiddies - and immoderate happened everyone was bursting with laughter."

He is expected to beryllium determination connected the archetypal day of the Queen's decease connected 8 September.

The Scottish Tartans Authority said the plan of the King's kilt was based connected the Balmoral tartan sett which dates from 1850.

The caller tartan has been registered with the Scottish registry of tartans, which is administered by the National Records of Scotland.

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