In pictures: The Queen in Scotland
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Queen Elizabeth with four-year-old Prince Charles (right) and his younger sister Princess Anne (left) in the grounds of Balmoral Castle in 1952.
As one of the events to mark her Coronation in 1953, the Queen inspected the guard of Highland Light Infantrymen at Hampden Park in Glasgow,
The Queen visits Rothes Colliery, near Kirkcaldy in Fife, in September 1954. Photo courtesy of The Scotsman Publications Ltd/www.scran.ac.uk
Glasgow Lord Provost Mrs Jean Roberto with the Queen in June 1957. Photo courtesy of The Scotsman Publications Ltd/www.scran.ac.uk
President Eisenhower (centre) with the Royal family (L-R) Prince Philip, Princess Anne, HM Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles and Captain John Eisenhower, at Balmoral Castle in September 1959.
The Queen dances an eightsome reel at the Royal Company of Archers' Ball, in Edinburgh's Assembly Rooms, in June 1966. Photo courtesy of The Scotsman Publications Ltd/www.scran.ac.uk
Queen Elizabeth presses a button to start the flow of oil from the North Sea's Forties Field into a refinery at Grangemouth in November 1975.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh tour Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh in 1977.
A pony tries to eat the Queen's flowers at Trefoil centre, Gogarbank, in July 1981.
The Queen arrives with Princess Ann to lay a wreath at the entrance of Dunblane Primary School, where a gunman shot 16 children and a teacher in March 1996.
The Queen views an exhibit, during the opening of the new Museum of Scotland, in Edinburgh, in 1998
Queen with Scotland's world-famous accordionist Sir Jimmy Shand in 1998
The Queen attends the official state opening of the Scottish Parliament on 1 July 1999. The Duke of Hamilton carries the Scottish Crown as then First Minister Donald Dewar looks on.
Scotland's first First Minister Donald Dewar watches the parades from the Royal Dias with the Queen after the opening of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh in July 1999.
The Queen smiles at some of the many school children that came out to meet her at Duthie Park in May 2002, as part of her Golden Jubilee celebrations.
Queen Elizabeth arrives at Parliament Square in Edinburgh, flanked by First Minister Jack McConnell, (fourth from left) and George Reid, presiding officer (right) in October 2004.
European Commissioner Jose Manuel Barroso (back row, from left) stands alongside other leaders of G8 countries notably; Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, Gerhard Schroder of Germany, Junichiro Koizumi of Japan, Paul Martin of Canada, (front row, from left) George W Bush of USA, The Duke of Edinburgh, Jacques Chirac of France, Britain's Queen Elizabeth, Tony Blair of UK and Vladimir Putin of Russia, at Gleneagles in July 2005.
A soggy Scotland greeted the Queen when she began her Diamond Jubilee celebrations. With rain jacket and umbrella in hand, she inspected the soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland, during the traditional Ceremony Of The Keys in Edinburgh.
Well-wishers gathered in their hundreds at George Square in Glasgow to greet the monarch. She met members of the public after the cathedral service, part of jubilee celebration in 2012
Queen Elizabeth holds an audience with the First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon at Buckingham Palace on December 10, 2014
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles watch the action during the Braemar Highland Games in September 2014. The Braemar Gathering is the most famous of the Highland Games and is known worldwide
Queen Elizabeth meets delegates and athletes on a visit to the Athlete's village in Glasgow during day one of the 20th Commonwealth Games in July 2014.
Queen Elizabeth arrives at Edinburgh's Waverley Station on the day she became Britain's longest reigning monarch, 9 September 2015.
Queen Elizabeth travels on a steam train to inaugurate the new £294m Scottish Borders Railway.
- Published13 June 2015
