3-071-179 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

A Highland Welcome to the Prince of Wales, 1881. '...his Royal Highness, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of Connaught, went out deer-shooting; they were fortunate enough to bring down eight stags. These were brought in and laid down in the porch of Abergeldie Castle, and after dinner there was a torch-dance performed by the gillies. All the servants and tenants were collected, and had a dance round the large fire, while the Prince of Wales's and the Duke of Edinbugh's pipers played. Some of the dances were amusing, and excited the laughter of the Royal party...one of the chief persons proposed a welcome to the Prince of Wales, in the form of a toast. He gave "The Health of the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the Duke of Connaught, with Long Life and Happiness to Them." This toast was drunk with hearty goodwill; all those present raised a loud huzza, and waved their caps in the air...the Prince of Wales appears standing, with the Duke of Connaught on his right, and the Duke of Edinburgh on his left. They are all three in Highland dress. The Duke of Cambridge, wearing [an] overcoat, stands talking with a gentleman in evening dress. To the left is her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, attended by Miss Knollys'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.