HUNDREDS of Scottish soldiers face an uncertain future today as the UK Government announces the 131-year-old Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders is to be cut to 100 men with the role of guarding Edinburgh Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse and Balmoral.
Ministry of Defence sources insisted the new role for the 460-strong battalion of 5 Scots was positive after feverish speculation the Royal Regiment of Scotland would lose one if not two of its five battalions in the latest round of Army cuts.
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