What Outlander Leaves Out About Bonnie Prince Charlie After His Escape
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Outlander season 6, episode 5!
The epic story of Bonnie Prince Charlie finally saw its most poetic and famous element brought to screen with his escape to the Isle of Skye in Outlander season 6, episode 5. The Starz series, which is based on Diana Gabaldon’s best-selling book series by the same name, is known for its weaving of history throughout the time-bending tale, with the most recent episode including the Prince’s costumed escape. And while the show adheres closely to history in the depiction of the historical event, there are many details following his escape that Outlander leaves out.
Outlander season 6, episode 5 opens on the beach with Bonnie Prince Charlie dressed as the spinning maid, Betty Burke, trailing behind his accomplice Flora MacDonald. With her help, Prince Charles (who was also, ironically in this case, known as “the Young Pretender”) makes his escape after months spent in hiding following the Jacobite rebellion that led to the Battle of Culloden. And while Outlander’s story follows Claire’s return to her time to protect her and Jamie’s unborn daughter from the bloody battle, later scenes of Jamie’s survival and incarceration at Ardsmuir Prison show the aftermath of Prince Charles’ failed attempt at the throne.
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Bonnie Prince Charlie’s escape to the Isle of Skye is one of the most famous stories in Scottish history, with the scene shown in Outlander season 6, episode 5 leading to the historic ballad «Over the Seas to Skye» (a version of which has been the Outlander theme song since the Starz series’ inception). Prince Charles’ story does not end with his escape, however, and while Claire (Caitriona Balfe)
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