Queen in gallery frame on Royal Week visit
Royal Rota-National Portrait Gallery,Edinburgh Scotland. Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness, The Duke of Edinburgh visited the recently renovated Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh. Her Majesty and His Royal Highness were met by Mr Ben Thomson, Chairman of the National Galleries of Scotland (photographed), Mr John Leighton, Director-General of the National Galleries of Scotland and Ms. Nicola Kalinsky, Director of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh then tour the Gallery including the Reformation to Revolution Gallery, the Ramsay Room and the Sporting Scotland Gallery/Allan and Carol Murray Gallery. In the Great Hall, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh met key donors to the refurbishment campaign, unveil a plaque and sign the visitors book. Pic Neil Hanna
The Queen has begun a week-long stay in Scotland marking her Diamond Jubilee with a visit to Edinburgh’s newly-refurbished Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
The monarch, who is in residence at Holyrood Palace for the annual Royal Week, toured the gallery, which is home to a collection of world-renowned paintings. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were greeted by a large crowd as they arrived at the gallery.
Earlier, the Queen took part in an ancient ceremony to formally receive her into the City of Edinburgh.
At the annual Ceremony of the Keys, she was handed the keys of the city by the Lord Provost.
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