Prince Charles, apparently, didn't want to wear a kilt jacket custom-made for him because he learned that two of the buttons were not made in Scotland. The heir to the throne insisted that the tailor find a local source and not use buttons imported from Austria.
According to the Herald Scotland, the owner of Campbells of Beauty fortunately did find good Scottish buttons for Prince Charles' attire after a meticulous search. John Sugden said that the heir to the throne is passionate about supporting local crafters so he understood why the royal insisted on Scotland-made stag horn buttons.
Sudgen, who is also the textiles program ambassador for The Prince's Foundation, said that they were a little concerned knowing that Prince Charles' outfit had the wrong button. They were having a hard time looking for the right source by the time they presented the clothes to the royal but they now found a gamekeeper.
Campbells of Beauty also supplies the tweed outfits of the Royal Household in Balmoral, Queen Elizabeth's Scottish estate. The company also made traditional Scottish outfits for the Queen Mother and the Duke of Windsor.
Sudgen has been personally working with Prince Charles for five years in promoting the textile industry in Scotland. Apart from helping out businesses, The Prince's Foundation also provides workshops and training courses through the Future Textiles program.
Prince Charles has always been known to buy local and support British products. Before the lockdown in March, he was at Gloucester to visit local shirt makers from Emma Willis Ltd and he was actually pleased and curious about their production and work process.
Long before the pandemic crisis, Prince Charles has been heralding local farmers as the source of the country's food security and prosperity. He stressed the importance of contributing and supporting even the small family farms instead of importing produce from abroad.
In 2001, Prince Charles launched a campaign asking chain supermarkets to feature supplies from local farmers to save rural Britain. He, also, insisted that schools across the country must source their food products, especially vegetables and fruits for the students, from local businesses.
In 2015, he asked the British public to support local produce to help the farmers and their families in the countryside. More than 20 years later, the Prince of Wales would make the same call again as the coronavirus pandemic crippled the supply chain. In April, Prince Charles led the government's campaign to help the farming business in harvesting corps amid the lack of workers due to the pandemic crisis.
