The Real John Brown

​The Royals had little reason to love Scotland in the 18t h C. The Jacobites were a real threat to the dynasty and the Clans had to be controlled and policed. For a time even the tartan was banned. Highland soldiers, however, helped change the image. They were increasingly seen as the heroes of the Empire, the gallant front-liners in India, the Americas, Africa and Europe. They were no longer the terrorist ogres from the wild and barbaric north.

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