6 things Outlander didn’t include about Bonnie Prince Charlie

Charles the fugitive

After the uprising failed, Charles remained in Scotland for five months. The Scottish believed that he had abandoned the cause to save his neck, not realizing the reality of his actions. One important person in the Outlander series was involved in Charles’ time after Culloden: Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat. The two met while at Gorthleck House.

It was Lord Lovat who encourages Charles to retreat to the hills, where he could regroup. In there, the Jacobites would be out of the Redcoats’ reach. Lord Lovat’s actions here helped led to his trial against him and to his execution.

As for Charles, he eventually escaped to France. He lived the rest of his days in Rome, bitter and disappointed.

His accent was a mixture of accents

Being raised in Europe to a British father and a Polish mother would naturally have an effect on the accent. However, Outlander almost got it right. Despite him being raised in foreign lands, he was taught to speak with a British accent. He just wasn’t quite as well spoken as the series made him out to be.

Documents from the time report that Charles spoke with an English accent, although did a broad Scots accent well. At times his accent would have an Irish lilt to it.

He did speak “slyly.”At the time, this meant “softly” or “lowly.”