Following his defeat at the Battle of Culloden, Bonnie Prince Charles escaped pursuers on the Isle of Skye in a small boat disguised as the Irish maid to Flora MacDonald. He eventually left the country aboard a French frigate arriving back in France in September 1746.

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Location: Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, SCotland
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
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