victoria and albert spent a considerable amount of time at their estate, and in doing so hosted many "highland" activities. victoria was attended by pipers and her children were attired in highland dress. prince albert himself loved watching the highland games. ironically, as the craze swept over scotland the highland population suffered grievously from the highland clearances, when thousands of gaelic-speaking scots from the highlands and isles were evicted by landlords (in many cases the very men who would have been their own clan chiefs) to make way for sheep.