This is CBS Eye in the World. I'm John Betts with Gregory Kaplay, my, the editor and

publisher of Defense and Foreign Affairs and my guide on being a member of the Commonwealth,

which Gregory is from Western Australia, from Perth. He's a Australian national. I am

not because of unhappy conversations in the 18th century, but I can envy. I can watch.

And the headline is charming. King Charles hands over the tug of war trophy during a fun

outing at May Highland Games in Scotland. The king, who was a chief of the, who was

chief of the games, attended the annual event over the weekend, sporting a traditional

cult and drinking some whiskey. I watched him drink whiskey, one a dram of Scottish

whiskey. He does look genuinely like he's enjoying himself at the same time. This is vital

because of the alienation between Edinburgh and Whitehall these last years. Will it be

enough, Gregory? Will his role as cheerleader for the, the, the Highland Games satisfy?

Well, certainly an invigoration of the Royal Presidents in Scotland. Queen Elizabeth was very

loyal to Scotland and saw her role as Queen of Scotland as, as being a primary importance

in keeping the union, the United Kingdom together. But King Charles has really taken that to

another level. The fact that he didn't go this year to Belmoral Castle, which was the Queen's

favorite Scottish retreat every summer, was important. He went instead to his grandmother's

castle, the castle at May, right up near Johnnegrades, right up in the very, very northern part of

the mainland of the United Kingdom. And he, he's spending his, his, some of his Scottish summer there.

And he, as you say, he, he was at the Highland Games there in Cadness. And he was at the opening

up of the doors distillery, which was great, could excuse to drink whiskey. And certainly the

Scots are rightly proud of their whiskey. And probably rightly insulted that, I think it was

Vanity Fair in the United States, in covering this event, spelled whiskey with an E-W-H-I-S-K-E-Y,

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