Bonnie Prince Charlie’s pre-Culloden meal

On April 14, 1746, two days before the battle that would seal his fate, Charles Edward Stuart held a lavish meal at Culloden House, the highland estate owned by Hanoverian loyalist Duncan Forbes (1685-1747) that had recently been commandeered by Jacobite forces.

In the company of prominent supporters of the Bonnie Prince, clan chiefs and French commanders, th…

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