Re: The Duchess of Rothesay - Gordon Highlanders Archived Message
Posted by Arthur  on July 4, 2015, 1:11 pm, in reply to "The Duchess of Rothesay - Gordon Highlanders"
Indeed, it looks to be the badge of the Gordon Highlanders: a stag head, in a wreath of ivy leaves:
Here are more pictures of the military parade in Edinburgh on 9th May, 2012:
 
The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay take a royal salute from Armed Forces and Royal British Legion members, at the Palace of Holyroodhouse on May 9, 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, known as the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, are undertaking various engagements in Edinburgh and Glasgow as part of Their Royal Highnesses' annual Holyrood Week. (Source: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Europe, via Zimbio.com)
The Gordon Highlanders existed for 113 years, from 1881 until 1994 when it was amalgamated with the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) to form the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) which was merged in 2006 with the Royal Scots Borderers, the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment), the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to form the Royal Regiment of Scotland, of which it is the 4th batallion.
The Highlanders' badge:
The Royal Regiment of Scotland's badge:
 Queen Elizabeth II has worn the regimental brooch of the Royal regiment of Scotland almost each year in the past recent years, either for the ceremony of the Keys in Edinburgh at the beginning of her annual "Holyrood week", or for her ceremonial welcome in Balmoral. Here in Balmoral on 8th August, 2013: 
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