New portrait of King in kilt released for Burns Night

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New portrait of King in kilt released for Burns Night

A new photograph of King Charles in a tartan kilt at Balmoral Castle has been released to mark Burns Night.

The King is smiling in the photo, which was taken in the autumn in the library of the Royal Family’s Scottish holiday home in Aberdeenshire.

The King is wearing a kilt made from the

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, based on the Balmoral tartan sett which dates back to about 1850.

The photo was released as the King prepares to travel to the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp for the 80th anniversary of its liberation in 27 January.

The green, blue and red pattern was designed by the

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in 2023 to recognise “His Majesty’s strong support in preserving the culture and traditions of Highland Dress and Scottish Tartans”.

The King is also wearing a tie in matching colours and a brown sporran.

The new photo was taken by Millie Pilkington, who has photographed the Royal Family on multiple occasions, including as the private wedding photographer at the Prince and Princess of Wales’ wedding in 2011.

She also took the photograph of the King and Queen Camilla in the garden of Buckingham Palace that featured on their

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last year.

The photo of the King at Balmoral was released to mark

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. The annual celebration on 25 January commemorates the life of Robert Burns, Scotland’s national poet, who died in 1796.

The night is traditionally marked with a supper of haggis, neeps and tatties.

The release comes before the King travels

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in Poland to attend an the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp.

It is his first trip of the year and comes almost 12 months after he was diagnosed with ******* in February 2024 and started treatment shortly after.

He withdrew from public events for a number of weeks but resumed public duties in April.

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