Campaign medals for Fort George-based Black Watch

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Prince Charles is the battalion's royal colonel

The Duke of Rothesay has presented campaign medals to soldiers who have returned to Scotland following a six-month operational tour of Iraq.

The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 Scots), were based at Al-Asad Air Base in western Al-Anbar province.

The soldiers recently returned to their barracks at Fort George, near Ardersier, in the Highlands.

Prince Charles is the royal colonel of the Black Watch.

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The soldiers have been presented with campaign medals

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Soldiers of the Black Watch have returned to their barracks in the Highlands