HIGHLAND PAGEANT
KING AT BRAEMAR GAMES SOUND OF PIBROCH HEARD "Times" Cables. LONDON, 14tih September. Thirty thousand Highlanders acclaimed the King at a vast natural amphitheatre at the opening of the Braemar games. The King wore a Balmoral bonnet and kilt, anil a Stuart * tartan limiting plaid was thrown over his shoulder. The Queen, the Duke ana Duchess of York, also Mr. Itudyartl Kipling, who is the guest of .the King, were present. Balmoral Highlanders, the King's men, their lochaber axes gleaming in the sun as they lay aslant their broad shoulders, lea the parade, sounding the pibroch of Donald Dhu on their bagpipes—that ancient .rousing song of the hills which in old-time summoned the clansmen .to council.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 56, 15 September 1928, Page 9
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118HIGHLAND PAGEANT Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 56, 15 September 1928, Page 9
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