'It represents a real break from the misconception that Scots is only spoken by working-class people'// emmagraeauthor
reported that the late Queen Elizabeth II spoke Doric – a North Eastern dialect of the Scots language.
They make sense too, given the Queen’s love of Balmoral, where she passed away on September 8, and it got me thinking.If the Queen, whose name has become synonymous with English, could speak – and appreciate Scots – this is the ultimate break from the stigma that naysayers often impose on the legitimacy of the language.
After the BBC announced that the Queen spoke Scots while reporting her ailing health and eventual death from the stone gates of Balmoral, many Scots speakers and writers were asked the same question: Is there any truth to it? As Queen Elizabeth II’s body made the long journey down from Balmoral, eventually resting in St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh for a day, her connections to Scotland were a topic of much discussion, with many TV reporters noting that the Queen Mother grew up in Glamis, which is also in the North-East, further cementing her daughter’s connection to the mither tongue.
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