Overview
- While on holiday touring Balmoral, a soldier recognized the Tonight Show host and invited him to Victoria Barracks in Ballater for an officers’ mess dinner.
- Fallon was greeted with kilts and bagpipes by members of the 5th Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland, and he signed the barracks visitors’ book.
- Photographs released by the regiment show Fallon in Highland dress at the dinner and his signature recorded in the visitors’ book.
- Before the meal, he observed a small ceremonial guard rehearsal for the King’s departure and was shown soldiers’ equipment.
- The dinner featured a venison Scotch egg starter, and Lieutenant Samoilys delivered a brief talk on the regiment’s colours, with officials noting Balaklava Company’s ceremonial role as the Royal Guard at Balmoral.