0:00:02 > 0:00:05I name this ship Queen Elizabeth II. APPLAUSE
0:00:05 > 0:00:08May God bless her and all who sail in her.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18During her 60 year reign,
0:00:18 > 0:00:22Queen Elizabeth II has witnessed incredible change.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25The Royal Family has had to adapt to different governments,
0:00:25 > 0:00:30advances in technology and a new political landscape.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34One thing has that has remained constant is her commitment
0:00:34 > 0:00:36to Scotland and her understanding of the qualities
0:00:36 > 0:00:38of the Scottish people.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45The grit, determination and humour, the forthrightness
0:00:45 > 0:00:50and above all, a strong sense of identity of the Scottish people.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54Qualities which contribute so much to the life of the United Kingdom.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58And these qualities reflect a Scotland which,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01if I may make a personal point,
0:01:01 > 0:01:07occupies such a special place in my own and my family's affections.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Three weeks after her coronation,
0:01:16 > 0:01:18the Queen pays a state visit to Edinburgh.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19A new chapter has already begun
0:01:19 > 0:01:23in the relationship between the young monarch and Scotland.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Every year, the Queen moves her household
0:01:29 > 0:01:33to the Palace of Holyroodhouse - it's Royal Week in Scotland.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37It's a week of pomp, pageantry and ceremony.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Importantly, it's a week in which the Queen reinforces
0:01:40 > 0:01:43her strong links with Scotland and the Scots.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Welcome, Your Majesty.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Today is the opening of the recently elected Scottish Parliament.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55TRUMPET FANFARE
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Presiding officer, First Minister,
0:02:01 > 0:02:03members of the Scottish Parliament.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08The Duke Of Edinburgh joins me in extending my very best wishes
0:02:08 > 0:02:11to you and for this fourth session of Parliament.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19The Opening Of The Scottish Parliament is a fairly new addition
0:02:19 > 0:02:23to the Queen's many traditional responsibilities during Royal Week.
0:02:25 > 0:02:31# Now westlin winds and slaughtering guns
0:02:31 > 0:02:36# Bring autumn's pleasant weather
0:02:36 > 0:02:42# The moorcock springs on whirring wings
0:02:42 > 0:02:47# Among the blooming heather
0:02:47 > 0:02:52# Now waving grain Wild o'er the plain
0:02:52 > 0:02:56# Delights the weary farmer
0:02:56 > 0:03:00# And the moon shines bright... #
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Royal Week or Holyrood Week
0:03:03 > 0:03:05is an important date in Scotland's calendar.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Every year, the Queen undertakes many engagements.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Some are ceremonial,
0:03:11 > 0:03:15some military and some are about bestowing honours.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19One of the highlights is to be invited to the annual garden party
0:03:19 > 0:03:21at the Palace Of Holyroodhouse.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Oh, I see, how posh!
0:03:25 > 0:03:27That's lovely!
0:03:27 > 0:03:29SHE LAUGHS
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Oh, we get... How lovely. We get a garden party, Joe.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35When the invitation came through, it was for myself
0:03:35 > 0:03:37and my husband Donald.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40I was pleasantly surprised
0:03:40 > 0:03:44that my eldest daughter Karen was also invited.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Well, I mean, it's not every 18-year-old that gets to go
0:03:46 > 0:03:49to a garden party, do you know what I mean?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Um, I'm really proud of my mum for working so hard
0:03:52 > 0:03:55and, you know, to be recognised and stuff but, eh,
0:03:55 > 0:03:57it's also quite good that I get
0:03:57 > 0:03:59to experience something like that, do you know I mean?
0:03:59 > 0:04:03It's not a modern thing, you know, it's kind of an old-fashioned thing
0:04:03 > 0:04:06and it'll be good to experience something like that.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08I'm looking forward to it a lot.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11It'll be something to do with Malawi, probably.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Because I've annoyed so many people!
0:04:13 > 0:04:15It's like, "Just give her an invitation to the Palace
0:04:15 > 0:04:17"and she'll be happy!" I've no idea.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21It'll be would imagine it'll be for that, so that's that.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Quite a lot of the activities during the summer
0:04:24 > 0:04:28are all run and organised by volunteers,
0:04:28 > 0:04:33and over the various years, I've helped at various events.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Here's the dresses.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42Karen's dress and this is my own dress.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44That's jolly nice.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48Get a chance to wear a hat and shoes that sink into the grass!
0:04:48 > 0:04:50So there you go, there's the hat.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Now the hat will go back in the black bag
0:04:54 > 0:04:56and travel to Edinburgh.
0:04:59 > 0:05:06# The sky is blue The fields in view
0:05:06 > 0:05:08# All fading green and yellow... #
0:05:08 > 0:05:14The guests at the Royal Garden Party are Scots from all walks of life.
0:05:14 > 0:05:188,000 people from every corner of Scotland attend each year.
0:05:19 > 0:05:26# The rustling corn The fruited thorn
0:05:26 > 0:05:27# And every happy creature. #
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Somewhere in the throng are Margaret Anne, Karen
0:05:30 > 0:05:32and those big hats from Barra.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37# We'll gently walk and sweetly talk
0:05:37 > 0:05:42# Till the silent moon shines clearly. #
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Jill, her husband, her hat
0:05:44 > 0:05:49and shoes that don't appear to be sinking into the grass.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53# Swear how I love thee dearly... #
0:05:53 > 0:05:58King George V hosted the first Holyrood Garden Party.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Since then, hundreds of thousands of Scots have attended the event.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06# So dear can be
0:06:06 > 0:06:09# As thou to me
0:06:09 > 0:06:15# My fair, my lovely charmer. #
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Since the inception of the Scottish Parliament, the First Minister
0:06:21 > 0:06:24has a regular audience with the Queen.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28They meet in the evening drawing room of the Palace Of Holyroodhouse.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32First Minister Alex Salmond. >
0:06:32 > 0:06:35The Queen has a very cordial relationship with Scotland.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38I think Her Majesty The Queen likes the concept of Scotland
0:06:38 > 0:06:41and therefore it's very easy to speak to the Queen
0:06:41 > 0:06:42about Scottish matters.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44You're on holiday?
0:06:44 > 0:06:47That's right, we went straight to recess
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- after you came to see us on Friday.- On Friday.
0:06:51 > 0:06:57'There's often in the conversations not necessarily a direct question
0:06:57 > 0:07:03'or comment, but always sometimes an aside, which indicates'
0:07:03 > 0:07:06that she knows a great deal about the subjects you're speaking about,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09or other related subjects and it's quite fascinating
0:07:09 > 0:07:13so I cease to be surprised about that and I am now accustomed
0:07:13 > 0:07:17to the Queen being extremely well-informed on Scotland.
0:07:17 > 0:07:23Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born on the 21st of April 1926
0:07:23 > 0:07:26to the Duke and Duchess of York.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Her father could trace his lineage back to the Stuart kings
0:07:29 > 0:07:32and her mother was a member of the Scottish nobility.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Her parents were The Earl and Countess of Strathmore
0:07:35 > 0:07:39and home was Glamis Castle, 12 miles north of Dundee.
0:07:39 > 0:07:45The future Queen spent many happy times here with her grandparents.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52Well, I can really, you know, only refer to some photographs
0:07:52 > 0:07:54which I've recently found.
0:07:54 > 0:08:01And they show, you know, a very happy time for Princess Margaret
0:08:01 > 0:08:04and the Queen when they came to visit their grandparents
0:08:04 > 0:08:09and you'll see in the photographs, the Queen very much in her youth.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12One of the most wonderful photographs we have
0:08:12 > 0:08:16is of the Golden Wedding of the Queen Mother's parents,
0:08:16 > 0:08:20the Queen's and my husband's grandparents.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23The 14th Earl and Countess of Strathmore.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26And the whole family are in it up in the big drawing room.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29And at the front, it's very sweet, touching for me
0:08:29 > 0:08:31because there's my husband really quite small
0:08:31 > 0:08:35and sitting next to him is the Queen holding her teddy bear.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38And it's just... The whole family are there and my parents-in-law
0:08:38 > 0:08:42and it just looks so happy and all these masses of grandchildren
0:08:42 > 0:08:45who all came, all the time.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46And I think that is...
0:08:46 > 0:08:49That was really one of the loveliest photographs
0:08:49 > 0:08:51I've seen of her childhood here.
0:08:51 > 0:08:56In 1936, the ten-year-old Princess becomes second-in-line to the throne
0:08:56 > 0:08:58when her uncle, Edward VIII,
0:08:58 > 0:09:03abdicates to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Summers at Glamis continue to be as happy as ever.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14'Darling Granny, Thank you very, very much for having us
0:09:14 > 0:09:16'to stay with you at Glamis.
0:09:16 > 0:09:20'It was one of the happiest weeks I have ever spent.
0:09:20 > 0:09:25'We had such a loyal, if I might say, reception at the station,
0:09:25 > 0:09:27'and when we went out on the platform the crowd sang
0:09:27 > 0:09:31'Will Ye No Come Back Again? which was very nice of them.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35'We were so miserable going out of the station.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38'Please give my love, or ours I should say,
0:09:38 > 0:09:42'because I'm writing for Margaret, too, to everybody at Glamis,
0:09:42 > 0:09:46'especially Grandfather. With lots of love from Lilibet.'
0:09:46 > 0:09:49I think those are two lovely letters that show
0:09:49 > 0:09:52what happiness she had at Glamis.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56And, um, from a child who's just saying what she thinks
0:09:56 > 0:09:57and it's so lovely, isn't it?
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Three years later, the world is plunged into turmoil.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12The horror of World War Two spreads far beyond the battlefield
0:10:12 > 0:10:18and the Blitz brings the terror of warfare home to a beleaguered civilian population.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20The Royal Family rises to the challenge.
0:10:25 > 0:10:32They appeared and they didn't flee to some remote place
0:10:32 > 0:10:35or go to the West Indies or anything. They stuck it out.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39I think the King cared deeply, as did the Queen Mother,
0:10:39 > 0:10:44about everybody and they knew that. People know that, you can't act it.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Two years after the war is over 21-year-old Princess Elizabeth
0:10:47 > 0:10:51marries Prince Phillip of Greece and Denmark.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Shortly before the marriage he is given the title,
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Duke Of Edinburgh.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01After it was over,
0:11:01 > 0:11:06we got back and changed and raced back...
0:11:06 > 0:11:10to the Palace where everybody was pouring down the Mall
0:11:10 > 0:11:13and we got on the steps opposite
0:11:13 > 0:11:16and waited to get them out on the balcony.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Everybody shouts, "Come on out, when are you coming?"
0:11:19 > 0:11:24and all that went on. And we stood there and it's just the most fun.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31The royal couple settle down to family life,
0:11:31 > 0:11:36but in 1952, everything changes.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42- NEWS REPORT:- 'This is London. It was announced from Sandringham
0:11:42 > 0:11:48'at 10.45 today that the King passed peacefully away in his sleep
0:11:48 > 0:11:50'earlier this morning.'
0:11:50 > 0:11:54On the death of the King, the nation now has a new, young monarch.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56She's in Africa when the news breaks.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02I was in the country. I heard it on the radio
0:12:02 > 0:12:07and then we knew, of course, that they were in Kenya
0:12:07 > 0:12:09and what it was going to mean.
0:12:09 > 0:12:14And so that was obviously devastating when that news broke
0:12:14 > 0:12:17because the whole thing was going to change completely.
0:12:19 > 0:12:24And Princess Elizabeth, when she came back, would be Queen.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29So as she stepped down from the aeroplane onto British soil,
0:12:29 > 0:12:33there she was, the Queen. So that was quite a moment
0:12:33 > 0:12:36and I think everybody who saw that photograph...
0:12:36 > 0:12:38it just sticks in your mind,
0:12:38 > 0:12:41Her figure coming down and Churchill at the bottom of the steps.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44I mean, I can see it when I think about it.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50And I think there was tremendous popular affection actually
0:12:50 > 0:12:53for the king and queen
0:12:53 > 0:12:55and Queen Elizabeth II inherited all this.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58When Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II,
0:12:58 > 0:13:05there was, almost immediately, a challenge to her styling herself
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Queen Elizabeth II and the basis of the challenge
0:13:08 > 0:13:12was that Scotland had never had a Queen Elizabeth,
0:13:12 > 0:13:16so Queen Elizabeth II was incorrectly titled
0:13:16 > 0:13:21as Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26It suddenly became clear to me
0:13:26 > 0:13:32that Scotland really only existed as an adjunct of England.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37And I began to get involved in nationalist groups
0:13:37 > 0:13:41around that time as a young boy.
0:13:41 > 0:13:48And some of these groups were involved in defacing pillar boxes
0:13:48 > 0:13:52that were put up with the EII-R symbol on them.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55And it was a very successful campaign
0:13:55 > 0:13:59because ultimately, they removed all EII-R pillar boxes,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02you won't find one in Scotland now, and they simply replaced it with
0:14:02 > 0:14:07the Scottish crown on the Post Office as it was then, the Royal Mail.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13However the actions of a small minority
0:14:13 > 0:14:16don't get in the way of the nation's celebrations.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19These are austere times and the coronation
0:14:19 > 0:14:22gives a weary population the perfect excuse to party.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29Oh, I think absolutely, cos the end of the war was pretty awful
0:14:29 > 0:14:34and suddenly, it was a new era opening up, it really was.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37I mean, long before she became Queen and also the Duke of Edinburgh,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40it was wonderful, he had a Scottish title.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44And I think we all thought, you know, we're going forward from here.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47And, um, no, I think we just definitely...
0:14:47 > 0:14:50The Elizabethan era was going to start, you know.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- NEWS REPORTER: - 'And now here comes Her Majesty.'
0:14:53 > 0:14:57There are street parties and celebrations throughout the nation.
0:14:57 > 0:14:58This time, there is a difference.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02The coronation of Elizabeth II is the UK's first ever
0:15:02 > 0:15:04major live television event.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09I remember it like I suppose an awful lot of other people
0:15:09 > 0:15:14in this country remember it because my parents got a television.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17And it was a black and white television and I remember
0:15:17 > 0:15:21the great excitement of seeing this occasion on television.
0:15:21 > 0:15:27Well, I was never enthusiastic, about the coronation back in 1953.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31I was only ten-years-old at the time.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36Um, but my lack of enthusiasm was not shared by everybody else
0:15:36 > 0:15:39in Cowdenbeath, or indeed by some members of my own family.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44I can remember my young sister and my mother,
0:15:44 > 0:15:50and indeed every woman in the street crowding into the house
0:15:50 > 0:15:54of the only family in that street who had a television.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59They were all determined to get into that living room to watch
0:15:59 > 0:16:03the coronation live from Westminster Abbey.
0:16:03 > 0:16:09I think it was the coronation that basically launched the BBC
0:16:09 > 0:16:12and television in this country because everybody had radios
0:16:12 > 0:16:15before then but, you know, it was the 1950s and along comes
0:16:15 > 0:16:18the television and everyone had to see this big event
0:16:18 > 0:16:19and it was terrific.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23Now we see it in glorious Technicolor, it's still fantastic
0:16:23 > 0:16:26and terrific, but, you know, it was very special in those days.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Technology may have moved on in 60 years,
0:16:31 > 0:16:34but the media interest in things royal continues to this day.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41Figures from the worlds of sport, art, medicine and music
0:16:41 > 0:16:44were among those who received honours from the Queen
0:16:44 > 0:16:45at Holyrood Palace.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Around 90 people who've made a contribution to society,
0:16:48 > 0:16:51both big and small, were recognised at a ceremony in Edinburgh
0:16:51 > 0:16:53and Catriona Renton was there.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56'They came from all walks of life.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00'Today, 90 Scots were honoured by the Queen.'
0:17:00 > 0:17:06Mr Douglas MacLean for services to music and to charity.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09'And receiving the OBE here at Holyrood Palace
0:17:09 > 0:17:12'has special resonance for this musician.'
0:17:12 > 0:17:14# Caledonia you're calling me
0:17:14 > 0:17:19# Now I'm going home. #
0:17:19 > 0:17:22'His song has become synonymous with Scotland,
0:17:22 > 0:17:24'an unofficial national anthem.'
0:17:24 > 0:17:26It's a song I wrote when I was in my early 20s
0:17:26 > 0:17:29and it was from a genuine feeling of homesickness.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31I wrote it on a beach in France when I was homesick,
0:17:31 > 0:17:35and now it's become a part of common culture and it's sung at rugby games and weddings
0:17:35 > 0:17:38and funerals and it is quite strange but I'm very proud of it.
0:17:38 > 0:17:43Did she ask you anything, did she ask you about your music?
0:17:43 > 0:17:47It's Royal Week and it's Investiture Day.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50The recipients of the awards gather nervously
0:17:50 > 0:17:55at the Palace Of Holyroodhouse to await their turn to meet the Queen.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00So, who are the people who are presented with these honours
0:18:00 > 0:18:03and what does it feel like to hear the news?
0:18:06 > 0:18:09It was a Saturday morning, the letter arrived
0:18:09 > 0:18:13from the Cabinet Office and it sat out at the front desk there,
0:18:13 > 0:18:17and I just walked by it as I usually do.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20I do the mail at a certain time and I saw this pile of mail
0:18:20 > 0:18:23and I saw Cabinet Office on it and it didn't go in
0:18:23 > 0:18:26and then about three hours later I walked by it again
0:18:26 > 0:18:30and I went, "Oh! Cabinet Office! That's the Prime Minister."
0:18:30 > 0:18:34And it was to say, you know, "You've been awarded an OBE.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38"Would you accept it?" sort of thing and I was gobsmacked.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Absolutely gobsmacked.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42And I think everybody is, I think if you're honest,
0:18:42 > 0:18:44you know, you really are.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49It's a CBE and I've got it for, you know,
0:18:49 > 0:18:52helping the academy through to becoming a conservatoire
0:18:52 > 0:18:55of dance, drama and music.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57I think it's really...
0:18:57 > 0:19:01It really is the pinnacle of...
0:19:01 > 0:19:02of being me!
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Cos that's what I am. I'm, you know, I'm an involved,
0:19:08 > 0:19:13interested, nosy...let me do it.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Um, I keep saying to people...
0:19:16 > 0:19:19"If you can't do it any better, then sit down and shut up
0:19:19 > 0:19:21"and let me do it.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23"Or, do it yourself!"
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Oh, I'm very proud, very proud.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34I never realised that I would have a son
0:19:34 > 0:19:39who would achieve these honours so I'm really pleased.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Delighted, in fact.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47I don't know how The Beatles gave theirs back in the '60s, That really annoys me.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50But Paul didn't give his knighthood back...which is nice.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52That's good.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57Families and friends arrive at the Palace for their big day.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01This is my favourite sister on this side,
0:20:01 > 0:20:03and on that side!
0:20:03 > 0:20:05THEY LAUGH
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- Excited, yeah. Yeah. Very excited.- Very excited.
0:20:10 > 0:20:16A nervy stomach, but never mind. I'll hold up I think.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Nervous, excited, bit tense.
0:20:19 > 0:20:25I'm going to say to her, "I feel as if we were in the younger days of a better country."
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Yes! I feel really pumped up about it.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32BELL TOLLS
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Professor John Wallace.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41For services to dance, to music and to education.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48The worst part was I was sitting behind...
0:20:48 > 0:20:53She's out there and she's got...
0:20:53 > 0:20:55a tent on her head, you know!
0:20:55 > 0:20:57THEY LAUGHS
0:20:57 > 0:21:01And you couldn't see as clear as you would like,
0:21:01 > 0:21:04but otherwise, it was all right!
0:21:04 > 0:21:08It was wonderful. I had an excellent view of the Queen.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10I didn't have a hat in front of me!
0:21:13 > 0:21:17The Queen just makes you feel very, very special
0:21:17 > 0:21:22for that one moment, and you see all of the people that are round about you.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25You know the guy in front of me was George Kerr,
0:21:25 > 0:21:29the famous judo champion who's spent all of his life, a lot of his life,
0:21:29 > 0:21:34educating the Japanese on judo from Scotland, an incredible thing
0:21:34 > 0:21:37and you feel about that high!
0:21:37 > 0:21:41You're surrounded by all of these people who've done these wonderful things
0:21:41 > 0:21:46and, you know, when it gets to people who have done a lot of community work
0:21:46 > 0:21:50and community service and so on, they get the most time from her.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55I mean, I felt that was just fantastic what she did today.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58She asked me what I had got it for
0:21:58 > 0:22:00and I said "Well, basically, victim support."
0:22:00 > 0:22:03So she said "Yes, my daughter's very involved in that."
0:22:03 > 0:22:08I said "Yes, I know, I've met her a few times at receptions."
0:22:08 > 0:22:11I just said we appreciated Princess Anne
0:22:11 > 0:22:15being our president because she's very knowledgeable
0:22:15 > 0:22:18and very interested, so that was that.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Doctor John Morrison for services to art and to charity.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29It's tremendous that the Queen does it, because, you know,
0:22:29 > 0:22:31I was sitting there after it was all over
0:22:31 > 0:22:35and you're able to take stuff in, and all these people
0:22:35 > 0:22:39are all from all over Scotland from, you know, the Shetlands
0:22:39 > 0:22:43to Ayrshire and, you know, that's why it's lovely...
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Queen of Scots is a great title for her
0:22:45 > 0:22:47because that's what it's all about.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50It's all Scottish people that she loves and wants to honour
0:22:50 > 0:22:51and that's a great gift.
0:22:51 > 0:22:56It's a beautiful gift for all these folk...wonderful.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00# Caledonia's been everything I've ever had. #
0:23:06 > 0:23:09The Queen comes to Scotland a great deal.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12I mean, it's not just a question of Royal Week in July.
0:23:12 > 0:23:18I mean, she's at Balmoral for much of the autumn
0:23:18 > 0:23:20and pays many visits to Scotland.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24I don't think Scotland can complain about the attention,
0:23:24 > 0:23:27which the Queen, and indeed other members of the Royal Family,
0:23:27 > 0:23:29treat our country. It's very, very strong indeed.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33It's a strong, historic and current relationship.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42- NEWSREEL:- 'With the long, arduous coronation season behind her
0:23:42 > 0:23:44'but with a long overseas tour ahead,
0:23:44 > 0:23:47'the Queen is now taking a well-deserved holiday
0:23:47 > 0:23:50'with her children and, of course, with the family's favourite dogs.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53'Presentations take place on the platform at Ballater
0:23:53 > 0:23:56'and awaiting Her Majesty outside the station is a guard of honour
0:23:56 > 0:23:59'formed by men of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders,
0:23:59 > 0:24:03'wearing their new ceremonial uniform.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16'The Duke of Edinburgh will be joining the family
0:24:16 > 0:24:18'after his regatta holiday at Cowes.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21'Incidentally, Scotsmen, everyone in fact, will be glad
0:24:21 > 0:24:24'to hear that the Queen herself quashed the rumour
0:24:24 > 0:24:28'that Balmoral Castle would be given up as a royal residence.'
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Give it up as a royal residence?! Far from it.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38The Queen makes sure of that.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42If anything, her love of Balmoral will grow over the coming years.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Sitting on the banks of the River Dee, a hundred miles north of Edinburgh,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50the castle is the perfect summer retreat for the Royal Family.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59Here, there is space. Over 50,000 acres of beautiful Highland scenery.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Here, there is time to relax away from the pressures
0:25:02 > 0:25:05of the Royal diary.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09Most importantly, here is a family home. Balmoral Castle.
0:25:13 > 0:25:19Balmoral features enormously. I think she loves it very much.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23It's the same, that's the wonderful thing. It's eternal.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Balmoral is magical, it's eternal.
0:25:27 > 0:25:33I think there's a wonderful feeling of security there somehow.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36It's just a very, very magical place.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42A magical place far away from the curiosity of the world's press
0:25:42 > 0:25:44and their cameras.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51I think the time at Balmoral must absolutely have been
0:25:51 > 0:25:54and BE the opportunity just to be herself
0:25:54 > 0:25:56and to be a family and a mother,
0:25:56 > 0:26:02and to not be worried about all of the other state matters.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06And I think that IS part of the attraction,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09is that it is somewhere that you're unobserved.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13It is a community where the Royal Family can be without people
0:26:13 > 0:26:17pointing and looking and observing and photographing and so on,
0:26:17 > 0:26:21and that's really got to be very, very important.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29- NEWSREEL:- 'Today, another generation is breathing the bracing air
0:26:29 > 0:26:32'of the pine woods and the encircling mountains.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37'Prince Charles, Princess Anne and their new brother Prince Andrew,
0:26:37 > 0:26:39'here making the first of many appearances.'
0:26:50 > 0:26:56She was a working mum from, you know, a very early age.
0:26:56 > 0:27:02And to have two months in Scotland where the cameras aren't there
0:27:02 > 0:27:05and you've got the kids in the house and it's just you
0:27:05 > 0:27:08and...what a difference, that would be amazing!
0:27:08 > 0:27:11- You know, and a time to go... - SHE EXHALES
0:27:11 > 0:27:15You know, where the rest of us would slob around in our horrible jeans,
0:27:15 > 0:27:20she's constantly, you know, being criticised for what she wears
0:27:20 > 0:27:23and so on and how she's bringing her kids up
0:27:23 > 0:27:27and to just have that privacy must have been amazing.
0:27:27 > 0:27:28You know, just lovely.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32And to walk about and have that fresh air and... Ah, brilliant.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35You know, you can imagine, can't you? Just brilliant.
0:27:35 > 0:27:40Ach, you wouldn't want her job! Just fantastic. Amazing woman.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Well, I've only been there once
0:27:57 > 0:27:59and that was a very long time ago but it was great fun.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02I can remember a lovely barbecue in the evening
0:28:02 > 0:28:05with Prince Phillip cooking and I think I offered to wash up
0:28:05 > 0:28:07and was told smartly by other guests
0:28:07 > 0:28:12"No, no, you don't offer to wash up because the Queen likes doing it"!
0:28:12 > 0:28:15And they just... I think they just love it
0:28:15 > 0:28:18because they're all doing things for themselves and being normal.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22The Royal Family are just across the river here from us.
0:28:22 > 0:28:27I mean, what is it, half a mile, 500 metres, something like that,
0:28:27 > 0:28:30to the castle as the crow flies.
0:28:30 > 0:28:35They're part of the community and the local people around the area,
0:28:35 > 0:28:42are very protective of the Royal Family's privacy.
0:28:42 > 0:28:47And I'm sure... Well, I know for a fact that they really enjoy it
0:28:47 > 0:28:50and they can come up here and relax.
0:28:50 > 0:28:5755,000 acres of Balmoral Castle, they can just go and get lost in the hills as it were.
0:28:57 > 0:29:02And they have a freedom that I'm sure they don't have anywhere else.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05She's really interested in this community.
0:29:05 > 0:29:11She knows the people here... She'll seek out people
0:29:11 > 0:29:15to ask them how, what's going on, what they're doing
0:29:15 > 0:29:20and how things are developing in the community.
0:29:20 > 0:29:26It's, in many ways, very natural, the sort of things you'd expect
0:29:26 > 0:29:29from anybody else living in the community.
0:29:33 > 0:29:38Life at Balmoral is lived through good times and bad.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44The news of Princess Diana's death shocks the world.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47The Queen remains at Balmoral.
0:29:52 > 0:29:56She was up here and, in fact, the boys were at Balmoral during that time
0:29:56 > 0:30:01and they went to London the Thursday or so before the funeral.
0:30:03 > 0:30:08I think the folk were very respectful and...although
0:30:08 > 0:30:10there was probably a wee bit of backlash
0:30:10 > 0:30:12in London and down south,
0:30:12 > 0:30:14the locals felt it was
0:30:14 > 0:30:17the best place for the children to be at that time.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20You know, away from the clamour and the cameras.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31BAGPIPES PLAY
0:30:31 > 0:30:33Happier times and one of the highlights of the year.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36It's the first Saturday in September.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39It's the day of the Braemar Highland Gathering.
0:30:39 > 0:30:44People come from all over the world to be part of this colourful event
0:30:44 > 0:30:47and, of course, to catch a glimpse of the Queen.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Well, I would hope it's as important as it ever was,
0:30:51 > 0:30:56and certainly any time Her Majesty comes to the Gathering,
0:30:56 > 0:30:58we do get an impression that she enjoys it.
0:30:58 > 0:31:03I mean, she enjoys the events and they get fun
0:31:03 > 0:31:08and they're obviously keen to come back which is fantastic.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10TANNOY: 'First is The Royal Guards.'
0:31:17 > 0:31:20APPLAUSE
0:31:20 > 0:31:23The secretary of the games is none other than Willie Meston.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27It's a position he has held for over 30 years.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33Part of my duty is to be there for the presentation
0:31:33 > 0:31:35of trophies by the Queen at the Gathering every year.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37So I'm fortunate enough that,
0:31:37 > 0:31:41you know, I'm the person who's tasked with that presentation.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44APPLAUSE
0:31:45 > 0:31:50But in 1982, a youthful Willie Meston almost comes unstuck.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55- NEWS REPORTER:- 'One of the Queen's duties is to present the trophies.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59'The one awarded to the caber tossing champion Jeff Capes
0:31:59 > 0:32:01'was clearly quite a heavy burden.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03'And Mr Capes was obviously concerned
0:32:03 > 0:32:07'about shaking Her Majesty's hand because he still had resin on his.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10'Whatever his explanation, it amused the Queen.'
0:32:12 > 0:32:16So I thought I was going to be sent to the tower after that,
0:32:16 > 0:32:20but she just rolled in laughter, it was great, you know!
0:32:20 > 0:32:23And from then on, it was just tremendous.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34- NEWSREEL:- 'Nearer to Norway than to Aberdeen,
0:32:34 > 0:32:37'the Shetland Islands standing with the tide races
0:32:37 > 0:32:40'and the tempests of the North Atlantic.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45'Not for 700 years have these islands seen a visit
0:32:45 > 0:32:47'from a reigning monarch.'
0:32:50 > 0:32:52'That is, until today.'
0:32:55 > 0:32:59'Today, all Lerwick is out to greet Queen Elizabeth
0:32:59 > 0:33:01'and the Duke of Edinburgh.'
0:33:01 > 0:33:04The Queen's welcome visit to the Northern Isles
0:33:04 > 0:33:05brings great excitement.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09It's clear that not only does she enjoy meeting the people.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12but that she loves being on these islands.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18- NEWSREEL:- 'The northernmost isle of the Shetland group is lovely Unst.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22'Green as an emerald in contrast to the peaty brown of the others.'
0:33:24 > 0:33:29Waiting offshore is their beloved Royal yacht, Britannia.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35I name this ship Britannia. APPLAUSE
0:33:35 > 0:33:39I wish success to her and to all who sail in her.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45Britannia will play an important role in the life of the Queen
0:33:45 > 0:33:47and the Royal family.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52She's designed to sail the world,
0:33:52 > 0:33:55but comes into her own during the summer months
0:33:55 > 0:33:58when the Queen chooses to cruise among the Western Isles of Scotland.
0:34:01 > 0:34:07The Scottish west coast and particularly the Western Isles
0:34:07 > 0:34:10and particularly the long island as it's called, Lewis and Harris,
0:34:10 > 0:34:15right down through the Uists, down to Barra...
0:34:15 > 0:34:18the most wonderful scenery on Earth.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20I mean, there is nothing like it
0:34:20 > 0:34:24and it's probably the best kept secret of all time.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30- NEWSREEL:- 'Lord Macdonald of Macdonald introduces his children
0:34:30 > 0:34:32'to the Queen and Duke as they arrive at Callaghan
0:34:32 > 0:34:35'for their tour of the Isle Of Skye.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38'The islanders see a rare event, the Duke himself driving
0:34:38 > 0:34:41'the Queen in an open car on their way to the capital Portree,
0:34:41 > 0:34:44'which means in the Gaelic "the King's harbour".
0:34:44 > 0:34:48'It was to Portree that Flora MacDonald brought Bonnie Prince Charlie
0:34:48 > 0:34:50'on the historic flight over the sea to Skye.'
0:34:54 > 0:34:56'The Royal Family lunch at Dunvegan Castle
0:34:56 > 0:35:00'which has been for centuries the stronghold of the MacLeod chieftains.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04'On to Barra, where the Queen meets 87-year-old Mrs Mary MacNeil
0:35:04 > 0:35:07'whose clan settled in Barra 900 year ago
0:35:07 > 0:35:09'and built their island fortress.'
0:35:11 > 0:35:14My father tells me the story
0:35:14 > 0:35:18when the Queen came to Barra
0:35:18 > 0:35:21and actually stepped onto Barra
0:35:21 > 0:35:26because you know, coming in the royal yacht doesn't actually mean you're physically on the island,
0:35:26 > 0:35:31but when she did come to visit, I think it was in 1956,
0:35:31 > 0:35:36my father was running a taxi business,
0:35:36 > 0:35:40and the boost that that actually brought to his small business
0:35:40 > 0:35:43for that few days running journalists around and things like that,
0:35:43 > 0:35:46was quite a hype for him,
0:35:46 > 0:35:51and I suppose a hype for a lot of people on the island.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53But 1956 - I wasn't even thought of!
0:35:54 > 0:35:59She anchored just about the middle of the bay here
0:35:59 > 0:36:02and she was moored there for the night
0:36:02 > 0:36:06and that evening as well, she was fully lit.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07You could see the extravaganza
0:36:07 > 0:36:11of lights out on this vessel, and we were left with our...
0:36:11 > 0:36:15although it was summer time, all we had was tilley lamps
0:36:15 > 0:36:18in those days, and some homes had Aladdin lamps.
0:36:18 > 0:36:24And because the hydro power didn't come to this island till 11 years later.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26So, there was quite a contrast
0:36:26 > 0:36:30to see this extravaganza of power and lights out on the bay,
0:36:30 > 0:36:33displayed on the bay, and all we could provide
0:36:33 > 0:36:36was the bonfires round the castle in reply.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41Stories abound of unsuspecting tourists
0:36:41 > 0:36:44running into the Queen on remote Scottish islands.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Whatever the truth of these tales,
0:36:46 > 0:36:51it is clear that she finds peace and anonymity among these beautiful islands.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57Because we're proud of what we've got in our communities
0:36:57 > 0:36:59and you know, environment,
0:36:59 > 0:37:02that if somebody's come here to enjoy it,
0:37:02 > 0:37:05you don't want to pressurise them and annoy them.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Maybe it's just the island "suchter" attitude -
0:37:10 > 0:37:13"suchter" being a word of...
0:37:13 > 0:37:15gentle...
0:37:16 > 0:37:18..quiet.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Aye, gentle, quiet, peaceful kind of way,
0:37:21 > 0:37:26and if somebody's made the journey to such a location...
0:37:27 > 0:37:29..who would want to spoil that?
0:37:29 > 0:37:34For someone who has probably been in every country in the world, and many, many times,
0:37:34 > 0:37:38to always end up in Scotland means that she loves Scotland.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42And I think it's great that the Queen has that connection with us.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49At the end of one cruise, Britannia heads towards Balmoral.
0:37:49 > 0:37:54She drops anchor off the Castle of Mey, seven miles from John O'Groats.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57It is the highland home of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07In 1993, up at the Castle of Mey,
0:38:07 > 0:38:12where I used to go every year and stay with the Queen Mother,
0:38:12 > 0:38:15the royal yacht Britannia used to visit
0:38:15 > 0:38:18on its cruise round the northern isles, if you like.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23And so the royal family who were on board
0:38:23 > 0:38:26always used to come to the Castle of Mey for lunch.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30And that was a terrific commotion for the staff,
0:38:30 > 0:38:32the limited staff that were at the Castle of Mey,
0:38:32 > 0:38:35because it's not a big property.
0:38:35 > 0:38:40So, suddenly seating 30 people for lunch was stretching things.
0:38:40 > 0:38:46Anyway, this particular year, sadly Sir Martin Gilliat who'd been the Queen Mother's private secretary
0:38:46 > 0:38:50for many years, since the '50s, had died,
0:38:50 > 0:38:55as had the Princess Of Wales' grandmother, Ruth, Lady Fermoy,
0:38:55 > 0:39:01and I decided to have a stone cut in their memory
0:39:01 > 0:39:06and we all built a cairn in their memory.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10And so, after lunch, rather under my command,
0:39:10 > 0:39:14the rest of the royal family got involved around the cement mixer
0:39:14 > 0:39:19and we happily built a cairn, which is still standing to this day
0:39:19 > 0:39:23and well I hope will be for many, many years to come.
0:39:25 > 0:39:26Terrific.
0:39:30 > 0:39:31All right?
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Wonderful.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40After almost 44 years at sea,
0:39:40 > 0:39:44the Government finally decides to withdraw Britannia from service.
0:39:44 > 0:39:49The decommissioning ceremony is a highly emotional event.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55At times, Her Majesty appears to be fighting back the tears.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03But the pull of the Isles is strong,
0:40:03 > 0:40:06and the Queen finds a temporary replacement
0:40:06 > 0:40:10in the shape of the small luxury cruise ship, the Hebridean Princess.
0:40:10 > 0:40:16Every so often, she charters the ship in order to relive those precious times in the Western Isles.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21The directors of the Hebridean Princess asked
0:40:21 > 0:40:25if I would put 12 big paintings on board the Hebridean Princess,
0:40:25 > 0:40:31when the royal family were going to be on it, they were renting it, if you like,
0:40:31 > 0:40:37for their holiday after they lost the beautiful royal yacht Britannia.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Which was in my opinion, a total disaster,
0:40:39 > 0:40:42I think they should have kept it, but never mind.
0:40:42 > 0:40:49So we decided to put 12 large paintings up of places that the Queen would know.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52And it was a great honour to be asked to do that.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56I don't know what they thought of them, but hopefully it brightened up their lives
0:40:56 > 0:40:59when they were sailing around the Western Isles.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Britannia has returned to Scotland,
0:41:03 > 0:41:07and now attracts tourists from all over the world.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09The old ship relives some of its former glory
0:41:09 > 0:41:13when Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall host an eve of wedding reception.
0:41:13 > 0:41:18The younger royals and their friends party into the night.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25The next day, the young couple marry at Canongate Kirk.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30By royal standards, the wedding is a small affair,
0:41:30 > 0:41:35but the whole family is here and the world wants to see them.
0:41:35 > 0:41:40It's appropriate that Canongate Kirk plays a role on this special day,
0:41:40 > 0:41:45because away from the celebrations, it's an important part of the Queen's life in Edinburgh.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47She regularly attends services here.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Well, it's obviously a great privilege to have her majesty
0:41:51 > 0:41:55and sometimes his royal highness the Duke of Edinburgh in the palace pew.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Under me, as it were,
0:41:58 > 0:42:01but I try and keep everything as normal as possible when they're here,
0:42:01 > 0:42:06they go to so many special services and so many different churches and cathedrals,
0:42:06 > 0:42:10that when they come here, we try and give them as normal an experience
0:42:10 > 0:42:13of a morning service in Canongate Kirk as we can.
0:42:14 > 0:42:19When her majesty is in residence at the Palace of Holyroodhouse,
0:42:19 > 0:42:24if she's here on a Sunday, she would come to our regular morning service, on the Sunday morning.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27And she very much considers herself, when she's in residence,
0:42:27 > 0:42:30to be resident in the parish and that I would be her minister,
0:42:30 > 0:42:33this would be her local parish church.
0:42:34 > 0:42:39She's considered a member of the Church of Scotland, like anyone else.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Defender of the Faith in England
0:42:41 > 0:42:44and a member of the congregation in Scotland.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47It's a difference that seems to suit Her Majesty very well.
0:42:51 > 0:42:5711-year-old Zara Phillips attends the marriage of her mother Princess Anne to Tim Lawrence.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01The wedding is at Crathie Kirk near Balmoral.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Once again, a fitting location.
0:43:03 > 0:43:07The Princess Royal plays a significant role in Scottish life
0:43:07 > 0:43:10and she and the Queen know this church well.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17I think the church has been very important to the royal family
0:43:17 > 0:43:23for generations now. This particular church, this building
0:43:23 > 0:43:27was built in the late 19th century
0:43:27 > 0:43:30and so the royal family were very much involved
0:43:30 > 0:43:33in commissioning this beautiful church.
0:43:35 > 0:43:42And I know that the building itself is one that is very familiar to the royal family and it's also,
0:43:42 > 0:43:44this is the local parish church,
0:43:44 > 0:43:50and has been an important place for them over all these years.
0:43:50 > 0:43:55She comes to the church every Sunday, there's only one Sunday in the eight years
0:43:55 > 0:43:59I was session clerk that I can recollect she didn't come
0:43:59 > 0:44:01and it was intimated...
0:44:01 > 0:44:05I think maybe the night before she wasn't going to be able to come
0:44:05 > 0:44:07and she was ill.
0:44:07 > 0:44:09She'd been up on the west coast
0:44:09 > 0:44:14and I think she'd had a terrible dose of the cold or something like that.
0:44:14 > 0:44:18But yeah, every Sunday without fail. She's a very committed Christian.
0:44:18 > 0:44:20And always on the dot.
0:44:20 > 0:44:23Always, absolutely.
0:44:23 > 0:44:2728 minutes past, she arrives.
0:44:27 > 0:44:28Never, ever late.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32Very structured, very organised.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36Well, I suppose she has to be, really.
0:44:36 > 0:44:41As much things on as she's got to have, I suppose.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43Keep time with everything.
0:44:44 > 0:44:49They have a long connection with this place, since the 1840s.
0:44:49 > 0:44:55They've been very much a part of this parish, this community.
0:44:55 > 0:45:00They've had a big influence in what this parish even looks like.
0:45:00 > 0:45:04So it's a very close relationship and a very long standing one,
0:45:04 > 0:45:07and one that is well understood by the Queen.
0:45:09 > 0:45:13And that relationship benefits the local community in other ways.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16In the nearby town of Ballater,
0:45:16 > 0:45:20nearly all the shops boast a Royal Warrant.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24I think it still is a good thing for the village.
0:45:24 > 0:45:28Because the tourists enjoy seeing these signs. It is quite unique.
0:45:28 > 0:45:33I think Ballater's got more warrants per population than anywhere else in the UK.
0:45:35 > 0:45:38Ballater in itself would not be here if it wasn't for royalty,
0:45:38 > 0:45:41it was all started after Queen Victoria came here
0:45:41 > 0:45:45and fell in love with Balmoral, "my dear paradise".
0:45:45 > 0:45:50And it was all from there that Ballater grew, because there was nothing here before, really.
0:45:50 > 0:45:55Perhaps living so close to such a high-profile Royal Castle
0:45:55 > 0:45:59brings inevitable interest and potential business.
0:45:59 > 0:46:04But what impact does the Queen's presence have on the overall economy of Scotland?
0:46:06 > 0:46:10Well, I think it can be measured in a variety of ways,
0:46:10 > 0:46:14and probably the hardest one to measure is the hard facts
0:46:14 > 0:46:16of pounds, shillings and pence.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19That's the most difficult thing to try to estimate.
0:46:19 > 0:46:23I think certainly in terms of public relations
0:46:23 > 0:46:26and people's perception of Scotland,
0:46:26 > 0:46:30it's potentially beyond value in many ways.
0:46:30 > 0:46:35But further than that, clearly she's someone who by example
0:46:35 > 0:46:39wants to spend time in Scotland and who does spend time in Scotland,
0:46:39 > 0:46:45and who brings the eyes of the world here, who brings influential guests here,
0:46:45 > 0:46:47who is a landowner, who is a resident,
0:46:47 > 0:46:51who is an employer of local people
0:46:51 > 0:46:54and a user of local services and resources,
0:46:54 > 0:46:58so I think there's a wide variety of ways in which she does.
0:47:00 > 0:47:04The appeal that she's giving to the rest just in a purely tourist level,
0:47:04 > 0:47:08the American and Canadian people we know for instance, and Australians,
0:47:08 > 0:47:14know of Scotland because of the Queen's highlighting it,
0:47:14 > 0:47:16that she comes here on holiday
0:47:16 > 0:47:20and is here so much and is always doing engagements here,
0:47:20 > 0:47:23and that highlights it for the rest of the world
0:47:23 > 0:47:25and they want to follow suit.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28I think we go to town with it.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31And in a sense you have to ask yourself,
0:47:31 > 0:47:35do we only make a tourist attraction out of it?
0:47:35 > 0:47:39Cos we do make a tourist attraction out of it, it is the Royal Mile,
0:47:39 > 0:47:44and it is Royal Deeside and, you know, the Queen Victoria trail and so on
0:47:44 > 0:47:48and so, no, I think we make a lot out of that.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54Something else that attracts tourists -
0:47:54 > 0:47:56the army, in full regalia.
0:47:56 > 0:48:02It's Royal Week, and the Colours ceremony offers a vivid display of music and marching.
0:48:02 > 0:48:05The crowds here are enthusiastic,
0:48:05 > 0:48:09though modest compared to the thousands who will visit the Edinburgh Military Tattoo
0:48:09 > 0:48:11later in the year.
0:48:17 > 0:48:22The Queen has always been very sensitive to the armed forces.
0:48:22 > 0:48:25And has always, I think, felt that she was,
0:48:25 > 0:48:29even though I don't think she's called supreme commander,
0:48:29 > 0:48:32like the President of the United States,
0:48:32 > 0:48:36I think she's always felt that, like being head of the Church of England, she's also,
0:48:36 > 0:48:38in a sense, head of the armed forces
0:48:38 > 0:48:42and the forces fight, after all, for Queen and country, don't they?
0:48:42 > 0:48:45And so, she has great sensitivity towards this.
0:48:47 > 0:48:54The serious purpose of today is to present new colours to six out of seven Scottish battalions.
0:48:56 > 0:49:01There is, of course, one battalion notably absent from this ceremony.
0:49:03 > 0:49:06And we think today of the fourth battalion
0:49:06 > 0:49:09currently serving in Afghanistan.
0:49:12 > 0:49:14Since 1633,
0:49:14 > 0:49:20regiments from Scotland have been at the heart of the nation's armed forces.
0:49:23 > 0:49:28As your sovereign, I thank you all for your service to your country.
0:49:28 > 0:49:33Three cheers for Her Majesty the Queen!
0:49:34 > 0:49:35- Hip hip!- Hooray!
0:49:37 > 0:49:39- Hip hip!- Hooray!
0:49:41 > 0:49:42- Hip hip!- Hooray!
0:49:50 > 0:49:53Now the other, more sensitive question
0:49:53 > 0:49:56is to how close the Queen is
0:49:56 > 0:50:00to, as it were, Scottish hearts and minds.
0:50:00 > 0:50:04My own personal sense is that people are actually very fond of the Queen.
0:50:04 > 0:50:11And they appreciate the fact that she has continued this link with Scotland
0:50:11 > 0:50:14which could, after all, have been severed.
0:50:14 > 0:50:19She might have got bored with Balmoral and decided to go and live in the south of France or somewhere.
0:50:19 > 0:50:23But she hasn't. And she never had the least interest in the south of France.
0:50:23 > 0:50:25And I think people like that.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29There's a great affection for the Queen in Scotland
0:50:29 > 0:50:36and it's a durability thing, and it's like...through thick and thin.
0:50:36 > 0:50:41And it doesn't matter what side you're on,
0:50:41 > 0:50:44whether you're a republican, or royalist,
0:50:44 > 0:50:47I think people have to take their hats off
0:50:47 > 0:50:52to the extreme professionalism with which they carry out their duties
0:50:52 > 0:50:56and will find another way for it in the 21st century, who knows,
0:50:56 > 0:51:00Alex Salmond may take us into independence, but I still think
0:51:00 > 0:51:03that probably the head of state would still be the Queen.
0:51:04 > 0:51:09What would happen to the Queen if Scotland became independent?
0:51:11 > 0:51:16Every large constitutional process of independence
0:51:16 > 0:51:20is a very, very long, drawn-out process,
0:51:20 > 0:51:25it will not be done by the conduct for referendum
0:51:25 > 0:51:28and the declaration of independence thereafter.
0:51:28 > 0:51:33The negotiations about liabilities and assets, and so on,
0:51:33 > 0:51:40could easily take a decade or so, and issues such as who the head of state is,
0:51:40 > 0:51:44if you don't have to grasp that particular nettle at the first instance,
0:51:44 > 0:51:48and it's probably quite wise not to, that can be dealt with down the line.
0:51:50 > 0:51:54Scotland might easily become independent, but not lose the royal family.
0:51:54 > 0:52:00There's no indication that the Scottish National Party wants to declare a Republic.
0:52:00 > 0:52:05In that case, Scotland would be just like any other Commonwealth country
0:52:05 > 0:52:08which had the Queen as its head.
0:52:08 > 0:52:10Well, she's our Queen. She's the Queen of Scots.
0:52:10 > 0:52:15And you know, with great respect, her family, her ancestors,
0:52:15 > 0:52:17were Queens and Kings of Scots
0:52:17 > 0:52:20before they were Queens and Kings of England.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23And the historical continuity of that is very important.
0:52:23 > 0:52:28I think even in Scotland sometimes, we have to explain as many times as possible
0:52:28 > 0:52:32just the key point here - that the union of the crowns
0:52:32 > 0:52:36where James VI became James I of England,
0:52:36 > 0:52:41took place more than 100 years before the union of the parliaments.
0:52:41 > 0:52:47Course, there's another aspect to this, that the royal family are also part of the joint relationship
0:52:47 > 0:52:50of the people of these islands. It's part of what we call the social union,
0:52:50 > 0:52:55it's part of the linkages that we have with England and Wales and Ireland,
0:52:55 > 0:52:59and that is an important aspect
0:52:59 > 0:53:02that we want to cherish, that we want to keep.
0:53:04 > 0:53:05But what of the future?
0:53:05 > 0:53:07King Charles? King William?
0:53:07 > 0:53:13Will the Scottish nation be as ready to embrace the notion of a King of Scots?
0:53:15 > 0:53:20It's not so clear that the vast balance of goodwill
0:53:20 > 0:53:23which has been accumulated by Queen Elizabeth II
0:53:23 > 0:53:26would be transferred to her successor.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28In fact, it's almost certain that it wouldn't.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30Not in any permanent sense.
0:53:30 > 0:53:37But looking ahead as to whether it would be Prince Charles or Prince William or what have you...
0:53:38 > 0:53:42..they would have a more difficult job, I think,
0:53:42 > 0:53:45getting the approval of the people.
0:53:45 > 0:53:50And it may very well be that when the Queen passes on,
0:53:50 > 0:53:53or if she ever abdicates,
0:53:53 > 0:54:00then there might be a new chapter in the whole history of the royalty in this country
0:54:00 > 0:54:05and we may see more and more people of a republican tendency
0:54:05 > 0:54:09or, may I say, of a democratic tendency
0:54:09 > 0:54:13who would like to see a head of state who is democratically elected.
0:54:13 > 0:54:17I think the Queen of Scots will be with us for some considerable time to come,
0:54:17 > 0:54:19but let's answer the question this way.
0:54:19 > 0:54:22Let's look at other members of the royal family.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25If we look at Prince Charles the Duke of Rothesay,
0:54:25 > 0:54:29then no member of the royal family has a stronger relationship with Scotland than he has
0:54:29 > 0:54:34and I've never seen anybody, anybody, express a greater love for Scotland than he does.
0:54:34 > 0:54:41And, you know, incidentally, if somebody is absolutely committed to Scotland,
0:54:41 > 0:54:46then people of Scotland will forgive them just about anything,
0:54:46 > 0:54:49and Prince Charles is absolutely committed to Scotland
0:54:49 > 0:54:53and I think we could look forward at some point into the distant future,
0:54:53 > 0:54:57to a monarch with a very strong relationship with the Scottish people.
0:55:04 > 0:55:05Oh, I think it would be great.
0:55:05 > 0:55:09I would like to see Charles being crowned as King.
0:55:09 > 0:55:14He loves Scotland anyway, he loves staying up here,
0:55:14 > 0:55:16and no, I think it would be good.
0:55:16 > 0:55:18So the next generations of royals
0:55:18 > 0:55:22share the Queen's passion for Scotland.
0:55:22 > 0:55:24They all play their part in the life of the country,
0:55:24 > 0:55:28and no-one more so than Princess Anne.
0:55:28 > 0:55:31The Princess Royal counts her patronage of Scottish rugby
0:55:31 > 0:55:34amongst her many commitments to Scotland.
0:56:09 > 0:56:12And of course, there are the new Royal stars,
0:56:12 > 0:56:16the Earl and Countess of Strathearn, William and Kate.
0:56:18 > 0:56:21They met at university in Scotland, they set up home in Scotland
0:56:21 > 0:56:24and they fell in love in Scotland.
0:56:24 > 0:56:28When Prince William eventually becomes King,
0:56:28 > 0:56:30the Scottish people can look forward to a monarch
0:56:30 > 0:56:34who fully understands Scotland and the Scots.
0:56:42 > 0:56:45And one of the most important things about understanding a country
0:56:45 > 0:56:50is understanding the full range of its different traditions,
0:56:50 > 0:56:53its different strands of history,
0:56:53 > 0:56:59and the monarchy is a very important strand of Scottish history.
0:56:59 > 0:57:00That is what it's about,
0:57:00 > 0:57:05that historic continuity is the justification for the royal family
0:57:05 > 0:57:07and for the Queen as Queen of Scots.
0:57:07 > 0:57:12# I don't know if you can see
0:57:12 > 0:57:16# The changes that have come over me
0:57:16 > 0:57:21# And these last few days I've been afraid
0:57:21 > 0:57:26# That I might drift away
0:57:26 > 0:57:28# So I've been telling stories
0:57:28 > 0:57:31# And singing songs
0:57:31 > 0:57:36# That make me think about where I came from
0:57:36 > 0:57:38# And that's the reason
0:57:38 > 0:57:44# Why I feel so far away today
0:57:45 > 0:57:49# And let me tell you that I love you
0:57:49 > 0:57:53# That I think about you all the time
0:57:55 > 0:57:58# Caledonia's been calling me
0:57:58 > 0:58:03# Now I'm going home
0:58:04 > 0:58:08# And if I should become a stranger
0:58:08 > 0:58:13# You know that it would make me more than sad
0:58:13 > 0:58:19# Caledonia's been everything I've ever had
0:58:23 > 0:58:29# Caledonia's been everything I've ever had. #
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