A wee flurry of excitement this festive season on the Jacobite front when there was a bit of a kerfuffle over a portrait of our very own Bonnie Prince Charlie.

One of the bonniest portraits of the man in question (well I think so anyway - he looks a bit less, well, powdered...) was a pastel by an artist with the fantastic handle of Maurice Quentin de La Tour.

Turns out that after a long 'row', it has been decided that it's not BPC after all.  Rather it's his less well-known brother Henry.

And what have our illustrious art historians to say of the matter?

"None of these debates detract from the greatness of the portrait. As an image it still projects the glamour of the Stuart cause, it is simply that we must readjust to seeing Henry, always rather in the shadow of his brother, in this role, rather than Charles."

Bet they wished they'd kept the receipt though..

Read the full story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8413648.stm