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#KingCharlesReport: Month in Scotland. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

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🗓️ 30 August 2023

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#KingCharlesReport: Month in Scotland. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/britains-king-charles-visit-france-sept-20-22-2023-08-24/

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So Gregor will help me understand this is a report from in these last hours.

0:58.0

King Charles presents Royal Guard with new colours, spelled with you colours,

1:03.0

in historic Balmoral ceremony. Monarch handed out the Ballotor colour

1:08.0

to those stationed at the Scottish Castle while the sovereign is in residence.

1:13.0

On Saturday last, the king attended a ceremony within the grounds of the Aberdeenshire estate

1:18.0

where he handed the new Ballotor colour. The Ballotor colour is a ceremonial colour used by the Royal Guard

1:25.0

who was stationed at Balmoral while the sovereign is in residence during the summer months

1:29.0

with the new colour marking the king's rule. It was first presented in 1880 by Queen Victoria.

1:36.0

Gregor, this looks highly symbolic, but I want to emphasize that this is happening in Scotland

1:42.0

and this regiment is in Scotland. So again, they're underlining as I understand

1:49.0

that it is the United Kingdom and that the separatist talk of these last years

1:54.0

is not to be entertained or indulged. Is that how to read this?

2:00.0

Yes, it is. But it is a continuation of the bond, if you like, that the crown has

2:07.0

with various institutions in Scotland getting around the troublesome Scottish Parliament

2:16.0

which is controlled by a minority government which means that it is controlled by even a minority

2:21.0

of even Scottish voters who put in the Scottish National Party as their government of Scotland.

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