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    THE JACOBITE PRINCE

    Oct 23, 2020 5 minutes
    Words by HELEN OCHYRA

    Standing at the top of the Glenfinnan Monument, mountains rear up in every direction, great sculpted peaks of green and grey rumpling the horizon. The waters of Loch Shiel stretch away beneath your feet, ridged with the force of the wind and filled with a reflection of the sky above. It is an arresting landscape, and a fitting spot for the stirrings of a rebellion.

    This is where Prince Charles Edward Stuart, or Bonnie Prince Charlie as he is better known, began his campaign to retake the British throne in the name of his father, James Frances Edward Stuart. On 19 August 1745 he raised his battle standard and an army of some 1,200 Highlanders amassed behind him, all keen to fight for the Jacobite cause; less than a year later, many of them were dead.

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