Because we’d come home, I was really excited to go down to our re-enactment at NTS Preston Mill. Our re-enactment group were really excited to lend a hand on the mainland to stage photoshoots, with our young reenactor who portrays the Prince happy to dress as Betty Burke to stage photoshoots, with other reenactors happyContinue reading “Over the Sea to Skye – Part 3”
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Over the sea to Skye – Part 2
Back to Bonnie Prince escaping capture as Irish spinning maid, Betty Burke. When the establishment discovered that Bonnie Prince Charlie had dressed as a woman to evade capture and escape, the Government propaganda of the time seized on the imagery of the Prince in women’s clothing to portray Bonnie Prince Charlie in drag as feminineContinue reading “Over the sea to Skye – Part 2”
Time Traveller's Guide to Re-enactment 