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#188: Bonnie Prince Charlie

English Learning for Curious Minds

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The Myth of Charles's Return to London

Highlandism is a powerful force now, especially in the USA and Northern Europe. The image of a brave, noble Celtic people has caught popular imagination. Queen Victoria was also so taken by the romanticism of the Scottish Highlands that she bought Balmoral - where the royal family spend their summers. Charles's body is buried in two different places; his heart is buried in Frascatica cathedral, just outside Rome. Jacobite clubs would meet in secret and toast what they called the king over the water.

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