Overview
- While on a solo holiday, Fallon said he tossed a friend's NYPD tie clip into the River Dee near Balmoral before four armed guards approached and recognized him.
- Members of the Balaklava Company invited him to a black-tie dinner at the officers’ mess in Victoria Barracks, Ballater, and he borrowed a kilt from the Fife Arms night manager to attend.
- The visit included a formal welcome, a look at equipment and a rehearsal by a ceremonial guard, a talk on regimental colors, and a dinner where he ate a Scotch egg.
- Fallon received a Glengarry bonnet, sampled Buckfast, and was presented with a custom kilt made by the regiment’s tailor, Sergeant Cooper.
- Major Thomas Blair praised the chance meeting that led to the evening, the Royal Regiment’s official account thanked Fallon and invited him back, Lieutenant Flora Thomas was identified in interviews as the soldier who spotted him, and his video drew more than 1.1 million views.