Menu Close. Log in Subscribe. Paul English. Sunday November 01 , Bonnie Prince Charlie is seen today as an exalted revolutionary or failed drunk.
No problem you can subscribe for just one week or longer if you wish. In front of the piano, in a wing backed chair, sat a sleeping figure. The ambition of others had dragged him from his teenage years too soon. He should be at school, chasing love, drinking and carousing, unthinking of tomorrow.
For why? A victim of the ambition of others. By the age of six, he was fluent in reading English, French and Latin, was gaining a firm grasp of music, and he rode and shot with enthusiasm. Charles' ambition and desire for military success led him to plan an invasion of England, in order to capture the throne for his father, from George II. After a brief period in France following a failed attempt to gain support, Prince Charles landed in Scotland on 25 July He quickly gained support from the Highlands and his army successfully fought General John Cape's men.
After the victory at the Battle of Prestonpans, Charles and his army attempted to continue to London. They were forced to retreat back to Scotland, after receiving reports of overwhelming armies prepared to defend the city. Charles did not give up completely and continued to lead his men into battles. However, after the disastrous forty minute defeat at Culloden Moor, Charles was forced to spend the next five months as a hunted man.
It is not completely clear how Charles spent these months, although it appears he disguised himself as a 'Mr Sinclair', a ship-wrecked merchant, and later on as a lady, 'Betty Burke'.
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