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Balmoral and bonnet
The word " bonnet " for male headgear was generally replaced in English by cap before 1700, except in Scotland, where it remains in use, now especially for military headgear, like the Feather bonnet ( not to be confused with those worn by Native Americans, for which " bonnet " was also used ), Glengarry, Kilmarnock and Balmoral.
It is normally worn as part of Scottish military or civilian Highland dress, either formal or informal, as an alternative to the Balmoral bonnet or tam o ' shanter.
A new recruit to the regiment is given their Balmoral bonnet headdress and their Camerons cap badge upon completion of their Soldier Qualification course.

Balmoral and cap
The meanings of the terms Oxford and Balmoral vary geographically ; in the U. S., " Balmoral " is synonymous with " Oxford " in U. K. usage ( as described in this article ), while " Oxford " is often used to refer to any " dressy " style of lace-up shoe, including the Blücher ( Derby ); elsewhere, especially in Britain, the Balmoral is a particular type of Oxford where there are no seams ( apart from the toe cap ) descending to the welt, a style particularly common on boots.
A uniform was originally designed by a committee that included Irish artist Seán Keating, consisting of a saffron léine ( a form of tunic ) with six rows of black braid and black cuffs, a blue brat ( a fringed medieval shawl / cloak ), tight pantaloons and a black Balmoral cap with saffron feather.

Balmoral and Highland
* Balmoral, Queen Victoria's Highland Home ( 1981 ) ISBN 0-500-25078-2
The fashion for'all things Highland ' was at its peak once Queen Victoria fell in love with the land and acquired the estate of Balmoral.

Balmoral and dress
* Balmoral ( shoe ), a type of men's dress shoe
Alternatively, it may be a sympathetic gesture to a former Lowland regiment, the Cameronians ( Scottish Rifles ), who went into ' suspended animation ' in 1968 ( and later disbanded ), who wore a black hackle in their rifle green dress Balmoral.

Balmoral and named
Many of the streets in the town are named after famous castles, such as Balmoral Drive, Caernavon Close, Windsor Drive, Warwick Close, and many others.
Several streets in Toronto that had previously been named for Liszt, Humboldt, Schiller, Bismark, etc., were changed to names with strong British associations, such as Balmoral.
Models were also named after royalty, Princess and Duchess being popular names, as well as Balmoral and Windsor.
Balmoral is named after Balmoral Castle, the large estate house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland known as Royal Deeside and a favourite summer royal residence.

Balmoral and for
In February 1848 it was decided that Prince Albert would acquire the remaining part of the lease on Balmoral, together with its furniture and staff, and the couple arrived for their first visit on 8 September 1848.
After seeing a corrugated iron cottage at the Great Exhibition of 1851, Prince Albert ordered a pre-fabricated iron building for Balmoral from E. T. Bellhouse & Co., to serve as a temporary ballroom and dining room.
The royals decorated Balmoral with tartans and attended highland games at Braemar ; Queen Victoria expressed an affinity for Scotland, even professing herself to be a Jacobite.
Historian Michael Lynch comments that " the Scottishness of Balmoral helped to give the monarchy a truly British dimension for the first time ".
* The MV Balmoral is a passenger ship used for pleasure cruises in the United Kingdom
The fashion for all things Scottish was maintained by Queen Victoria, who helped secure the identity of Scotland as a tourist resort, with Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire becoming a major royal residence from 1852.
This can in turn be wrapped in bacon to create a dish known as " Chicken Balmoral ". http :// uktv. co. uk / food / recipe / aid / 610999 Haggis can also be used as a substitute for minced beef in various recipes.
In July 1878, he walked from Dundee to Balmoral, a distance of about over mountainous terrain and through a violent thunderstorm, " wet to the skin ", to perform for Queen Victoria.
Kreviazuk was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and attended Balmoral Hall School for Girls.
He was responsible for the construction of the Star Amphitheatre at Balmoral Beach in 1924.
The King instead pressed for a compromise, summoning various political leaders to Balmoral Castle individually for talks.
" When he toured Scotland in the autumn of 1890, Grossmith gave a command performance for Queen Victoria at Balmoral Castle.
Originally 685 ft ( 207. 5m ) long, it's now 609 ft ( 186m ) but is still the longest timber pier in England open to the public, and is a docking point for the MV Balmoral and PS Waverley.
Now, every year for two weeks in the summer, the MV Balmoral undertakes a similar service.
Ballater is a centre for tourism in Royal Deeside, with the Cairngorms and Balmoral Castle nearby.
Indeed, Queen Victoria's entourage stopped at the Cowdenbeath Coaching Inn to change horses, on her first trip to Scotland in 1842, en route for Balmoral.
Image: Balmoral_Castle. jpg | Balmoral Castle, completely rebuilt for Queen Victoria, an example of the Scots Baronial style
He is also responsible for the property maintenance of the Occupied Royal Palaces ( such as Buckingham Palace and St James ' Palace ) and their gardens, for the financial aspects of Royal travel, for personnel matters in the Royal Household, for the Queen's private estates ( which include Balmoral Castle and Sandringham House ) and for the commercial activities of the Royal Collection Trust ( for which annual accounts are published ).

Balmoral and Scottish
They were rewarded with a trip to the Scottish mainland to meet Edward VII at Balmoral, where they each received a medal, together with " a good pipe and some tobacco ".
He was knighted in 1902 for his work at the Scottish royal residence, Balmoral Castle.
Crathie Kirk is a small Church of Scotland parish church in the Scottish village of Crathie, best known for being the regular place of worship of the British Royal Family when they are holidaying at nearby Balmoral Castle.
Victoria asserted that as Queen of Scotland, she was also entitled to worship in a Scottish church, and further, Crathie is the closest church to Balmoral Castle.
Males wear a traditional Scottish hat called a Balmoral and a doublet of coloured velvet or cloth.

Balmoral and village
Balmoral Castle is a 10-minute drive from the village.

Balmoral and castle
In 1798, James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife, acquired Balmoral, and leased the castle.
Craigowan Lodge is a seven-bedroom stone house about a mile from the main castle in Balmoral.
Oxfords first appeared in Scotland and Ireland, where they are occasionally called Balmorals after the Queen's castle in Scotland, Balmoral.

bonnet and cap
On 20 June, " a mob of terrifying aspect " broke into the Tuileries and made the king wear the bonnet rouge ( red Phrygian cap ) to show his loyalty to France.
It was a stiff horn-like bonnet, which was made of gemmed brocade or cloth-of-gold and worn over the camauro, a fine linen cap with a structured peak reminiscent of the Phrygian cap, a classical symbol of liberty.
* Tudor bonnet, a style of cap
* Glengarry, type of cap also called a Glengarry bonnet
* Tudor bonnet, worn during Tudor times, but has now become an academic doctoral cap at universities in the U. K.
* Tam o ' Shanter ( cap ), a Scottish bonnet, worn in place of a beret by certain military units
In revolutionary France, the cap or bonnet rouge was first seen publicly in May 1790, at a festival in Troyes adorning a statue representing the nation, and at Lyon, on a lance carried by the goddess Libertas.
Today the ensembles are distinctive in some way to each institution, and generally consists of a gown ( also known as a robe ) with a separate hood, and usually a cap ( generally either a mortarboard, a tam, or a bonnet ).
While some doctoral graduates wear the mortarboard cap traditional to the lower degree levels, most wear a cap or Tudor bonnet that resembles a tam o ' shanter, from which a colored tassel is suspended.
With the Royal Stuart kilt and plaid, the pipers wear a dark blue doublet and feather bonnet with a white hackle and yellow Vandyke cap band.
The style can be traced back to the 14th century in Northern England namely Grimsby and parts of Southern Italy, when it was more likely to be called a " bonnet ", which term was replaced, except in Scotland, by " cap " before about 1700.
* Tam ( cap ), a type of bonnet originating from Scotland
The cap was worn alone indoors and under the bonnet for street wear.
# Adélaide d ' Orléans wears a heavily decorated straw bonnet over a frilled cap, 1838.
The glengarry bonnet is a traditional Scots cap made of thick-milled woollen material, decorated with a toorie on top, frequently a rosette cockade on the left side, and with ribbons hanging down behind.
Later batches used the 1978 year model bodyshell, with the smaller filler cap and interior lights in the doors, but still with the single bump bonnet characteristic of Speke built cars.
Simple American bonnet or " mob cap ", in a portrait by Benjamin Greenleaf, 1805
A mob cap or mob-cap is a round, gathered or pleated cloth ( usually linen ) bonnet consisting of a caul to cover the hair, a frilled or ruffled brim, and ( often ) a ribbon band, worn by married women in the Georgian period, when it was called a " bonnet ".

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