Scottish Royal Visit: 15 amazing pictures from King Charles III visit to Edinburgh for Royal Week

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2 . Ceremony of the Keys
The Lord Provost of Edinburgh Robert Aldridge (right) presents the keys to the City of Edinburgh to King Charles III during the Ceremony of the Keys in the gardens of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, as part of his trip to Scotland for Holyrood Week. | Jane Barlow/PA Wire

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Queen Camilla makes 'royal blunder' in Edinburgh during dedication to Elizabeth II

Edinburgh Live

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Edinburgh Live

Queen Camilla makes 'royal blunder' in Edinburgh during dedication to Elizabeth II

Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Queen Camilla appeared to make a 'royal oops' during a heartfelt moment in Edinburgh as Holyrood Week continues. On Wednesday, the King and Queen attended a private service to dedicate a memorial stone to Queen Elizabeth II. The stone sits in St Giles' Cathedral, where more 33,000 people paid their respects to the late Queen. During the ceremony, a short speech was made by Reverend Doctor Scott Rennie, though there appeared to be a bit of a mix up before he got started. The Queen wasn't quite sure which side she was supposed to be standing on, and Charles motioned her to move. She then moved back to where she started, with the royal couple smiling at cameras. Sharing a clip of the incident online, one royal fan said: "Royal oops, then a moment of history." Charles and Camilla were met by a large crowd at St Giles' Cathedral on July 2, despite wet conditions. They met senior figures from the cathedral before making their way up the aisle to the site near the cathedral's Holy Table, where the coffin of the late Queen lay on September 12 and 13 2022. Reverend Dr Scott Rennie, minister of St Giles' added: "Our sincere desire is also that this memorial stone will offer the many thousands of visitors from across the world, who come to this ancient place of faith, a renewed encouragement to live a life of commitment and service to other people and to the common good, as her late majesty did." Sign up for Edinburgh Live newsletters for more headlines straight to your inbox After the service, the minister led a short prayer, following which Charles and Camilla stood side by side with heads bowed, in silence. The square stone is formed of simple black slate and engraved with the Scottish crown and ER cypher, together with the dates when the coffin lay at rest on the cathedral's Holy Table. It was carved by Vincent and Roxanne Kindersley, of the Cardozo Kindersley workshop in Cambridge, which has undertaken commissions at a number of public buildings, including Westminster Abbey, St Paul's Cathedral and the National Gallery. After the service, Charles and Camilla spoke to the sculptors, praising them for the their work, with Charles adding that a piece they had done for the National Gallery was "absolutely brilliant". Join Edinburgh Live's Whatsapp Community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. The pair also spoke with some members of the Royal Company of Archers - which functions as the monarch's ceremonial bodyguard in Scotland - who had mounted guard at the cathedral while the late Queen lay at rest. Speaking after the service, Reverend Dr Rennie said: "It has been a great honour and privilege to welcome their majesties King Charles and Queen Camilla back to St Giles' for such a special event as we commemorate the late Queen Elizabeth, who visited the cathedral many times, with the dedication of the memorial stone. "His majesty also has strong links to St Giles', including taking part in the service of thanksgiving and dedication here following his coronation in 2023. It is fitting that St Giles', which has been at the heart of Scottish civic and religious life for more than 900 years, was able to host the 33,000 people who came to pay their final respects to Queen Elizabeth."

Royals brave torrential downpours as Holyrood Week continues

BBC News

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BBC News

Royals brave torrential downpours as Holyrood Week continues

King Charles and Queen Camilla have visited a Fife town as part of Holyrood week - the annual royal celebration of Scottish culture, community and achievements. The King and Queen faced torrential downpours as they were greeted by members of the public during a visit to Kirkcaldy to mark the centenary of the town's war monarch traditionally spends a week each July in Tuesday, the King began the official visit with the traditional Ceremony of the Keys in the palace gardens, before holding an investiture ceremony for honours recipients and garden party. King Charles sheltered under an umbrella as he unveiled a commemorative cairn, designed as a time capsule filled with mementos and photos from local Viewforth High School for future generations."It's a bit damp," said Queen Camilla. "We've been used to the heatwave."Hundreds of people watched the service through heavy the memorial, he viewed the centenary art exhibition at Kirkcaldy Art Gallery, where he met former prime minister Gordon visit and community reception celebrated the work of local charities and community organisations, which included Fife Multibank - an initiative founded by Mr Brown that provides essential goods to low-income families. The Queen visited a cancer centre run by charity Maggie's, which she has been president of since met people living with cancer at the town's Victoria Hospital, alongside Maggie's chief executive Dame Laura Lee, Mr Brown's wife Sarah and broadcaster Kirsty was founded by the late writer, gardener and designer Maggie Keswick Jencks and her husband, the late landscape designer Charles idea for the centres came after she was diagnosed with cancer and was then told in 1993 that it had returned while in windowless hospital corridor. The experience motivated the couple to create a more comforting environment for cancer patients. The first Maggie's Centre opened in Edinburgh in 1996. King Charles went on to meet first minister John Swinney at the Palace of Camilla will later host a reception for the Queen's Nursing Institute of Scotland at the in 1899 with a donation from Queen Victoria to organise the training of district nurses, the charity now provides professional development opportunities for Scotland's community nurses and midwives.

Scotsman

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Scotsman