The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Tartan Commonplace Notebook Large 21cm x 13cm

The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Tartan Large Notebook (21cm x 13cm, 192pp HB)

Publication: 9 November 2023 £17.99 inc VAT

This hardback (21cm x 13cm) large Waverley notebook contains 192 pages bound in special weave cloth, of The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Tartan. The tartan was chosen and approved by Her Majesty The Queen and commemorates the 70 years of her reign and designed by Kinloch Anderson, who are tailors and Kiltmakers to the Royal Family since 1903. Sales of the product using the tartan will benefit the RWHA Charity Fund. The 'sett' or pattern of this special weave, is based on the King George VI (Green Stewart) and reflects the historical connection with the Stewart tartans. The seven colours in the tartan represent the seven decades of Her Majesty's reign. Platinum grey, the green and black of the King George VI tartan, red, white and blue for the United Kingdom, and gold to represent the Crown. Commonplace notebooks date back to the Scottish Enlightenment, and were used to collect notes and knowledge by philosophers and writers such as Adam Smith, Robert Burns, David Hume, and later, writers such as Sir Walter Scott, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Virginia Woolf.

About the notebook: This large notebook/journal (21cm x 13cm) has 192 pages (one side blank, one side ruled) and is made with cloth woven in mills in the United Kingdom. Notebook pages and paper components are made with acid-free paper from sustainable forests. Boards used in the binding process are made of 100% recycled paper. This hardback notebook has an elastic closure, ribbon marker, eight perforated end leaves and expandable inner note holder. It contains a removable booklet about the history of clan tartans, and a bookmark that gives information on the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Tartan.