More than 50 million people have some sort of tie to Scottish ancestry, although one doesn’t have to be part of the lineage to warm to its distinctive culture and heritage: bagpipes, tartan, whisky, shortbread, castles, golf, fly-fishing, the unicorn and Loch Ness Monster.
Scotland also gave us 007’s Sean Connery, writer JK Rowing, comedian Billy Connolly, singer Annie Lennox, chef Gordon Ramsay, tennis ace Andy Murray, Dr Who’s David Tennant,