On the anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, when the soldiers of Robert the Bruce defeated the English army of King Edward II, confirming Scotland as an independent nation, we bring into the spotlight one of the most unique features of Scottish culture – the kilt. Here is a selection of real and rather famous men rocking traditional Scottish garments.
X-Files star and lead actor David Duchovny arrives at the premiere of "Return to Me" attended by the Prince of Wales, at the Odeon cinema in Edinburgh, May 2000.
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Wearing a kilt, Actor Sean Connery applauds during a William Wallace Awards Ceremony on Capitol Hill, 2001. Connery's wife, Lady Connery, is at his side.
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla meet well-wishers at Crathie Parish Church in Aberdeenshire 10 April 2005 in their first public engagement since becoming husband and wife. Prince Charles, known as the Duke of Rothesay when in Scotland and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall were greeted with a round of applause by the hundred or so onlookers on their arrival at the church.
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Actor Mike Myers arrives in a kilt in tribute to Scottish actor Sean Connery before the "34th AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Sean Connery" at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, 2006.
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Actor Alan Cumming walks the runaway in the 8th annual Dressed To Kilt charity fashion show in New York, on Monday, 2010.
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Actors, from left, Brian Cox, Chris Noth, Kiefer Sutherland, Jim Gaffigan, Jason Patric walk the runway at the 'Dressed To Kilt' fashion show to benefit the Friends of Scotland Organization at the Hammerstein Ballroom in April 2011 in New York.
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David Hasselhoff arrives for the 2014 MTV European Music Awards in Glasgow, 2014.
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Actor Rory McCann attends HBO's "Game of Thrones" fourth season premiere at Avery Fisher Hall in March 2014 in New York.
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Singer Redfoo arrives for the 2014 MTV European Music Awards in Glasgow, November 2014.
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Jared Leto arrives at the iHeartRadio Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Thursday, May 2014, in Los Angeles.
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Sam Heughan arrives at the premiere for the STARZ original series "Outlander" during San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, July 2014 in San Diego.
