We Armstrongs Could Start a Fight in a Phonebox... But Not with My Husband Macgregor of Macgregor

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Once she was ITN's top newsreader...but then she married a haggis- hunting Burns-reciting clan chief. Here Fiona Armstrong tells how she joined the tartan army

BROADCASTER Fiona Armstrong may be best known as a newsreader for ITN and GMTV, but since marrying Sir Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor, 24th chief of the famous Clan Gregor, her life has become consumed by the skirl of the pipes, the blood-soaked history of the Scots and the intricate steps of Highland dancing. As Lady MacGregor of MacGregor, Fiona is in demand at Scottish events all round the world. She and Sir Malcolm have just returned from the centenary gathering of the American Clan Gregor Society in Charlottesville, Virginia. Here she writes about her tartan life ...

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We Armstrongs Could Start a Fight in a Phonebox... But Not with My Husband Macgregor of Macgregor

The vast Martin Luther King Boulevard in the baking humidity of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was where it first hit me what it means to be married to a Clan Chief. I was slowly marching - like any good wife - a step behind my husband, following the rather moth-holed pleats of the old kilt that his grandfather had worn. Before us was a band of pipers, behind us, an army of red, green and black tartan- clad supporters. Our little band of Bravehearts was on a melting dual carriageway with a parking lot on one side and a shopping mal...

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