Six things we learned about Scottish aristocrats from Tatler’s anti-independence feature

Tatler’s features editor gathers together the anti-independence fears of Scotland’s absurdly wealthy and privileged aristocrats.

By Media Mole

(Photo By Ian McColl, director of the Game and Conservation Trust (R) and gamekeeper Alastair Lyon watch for grouse on the Railia and Milton Estate on Drumochter moor, on August 8, 2008 near Dalwhinnie in Scotland. Photo: Getty Images)

The landed gentry of Scotland are furious about the referendum, apparently, and Tatler‘s on the case. After all, half of Scottish private land is split between a mere 432 estates, and the possibility of a Scottish republic spells trouble for the inheritances of the lords and ladies who represent the last relics of feudalism. And what better publication than Tatler, the village paper of the double-barrelled surname set, to give them the soapbox they need to air their views?