Barack Obama gifted kilt on Scots visit but says he won't wear it
Obama delivered a speech at a charity dinner in Edinburgh on Friday, before leaving the Capital later that same night.
Among the bags loaded onto his plane was a carrier from kilt manufacturers Slanj, which he had been presented with earlier in his visit.
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Hide AdBut Obama conceded: “I have concluded my legs are too thin to pull it off, but those tartan trousers I have seen you wear... I think they look pretty good. So I might try some.”
Brian Halley from Slanj told the Sunday Mail that he had been tasked with designing a kilt for a ‘top secret’ client, and had devised a new red, white and blue tartan.
He added: “Apparently [Obama] loves the tartan and the kilt.”
Obama had been invited to speak at a £5000-a-table charity dinner organised by philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter.
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Hide AdFirst Minister Nicola Sturgeon, author JK Rowling and musician Annie Lennox were among those in the audience.
Earlier during his visit, Obama had played a round of golf on the Old Course at St Andrews before returning to Edinburgh.