Prince Leopold: Clothing


Figure 1.--Here we see Prince Leopold in 1862 wearing ailt outfit. Note the large sporran. He would have been about 9 years old. We are not sure where the portrait was taken, but Balmoral is a likely place.

We have little information at this time on Prince Leopold's clothes. We believe all the boys were dressed similarly. So we have a general idea how Prince Leopold was dressed even though we do not yet have aot of portraits of him. Of course there were fashion changes since his older brithers were born, so there was probably some differences. We do know that as a little boy he wore dresses and pantalettes just like his sisters and brothers when they were little. Family portraits at Osbourne show him wearing dresses. Brother Arthur wears a kilt in the same portraits and Bertie and Affie wear short jackets with long trousers. We note Leo wearing kilts as well. A portrait shows Leo with his brother Arthur, both wearing kilts. The boys were always done up in kilts when the family took off for Balmoral. We are not suyre how common kilts were when they were in England. We are not sure what Prince Leopold thought about Scotland as a boy. As he grew older, he cane to hate Balmoral and hac\ving to spend time there with his mother.






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