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    The Palace of Holyroodhouse (/ˈhɒlɪruːd/ or /ˈhoʊlɪruːd/), commonly known as Holyrood Palace, is the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland...
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    Council met to proclaim Charles III as King of the United Kingdom. The Throne Room of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, which has been the principal...
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  • residences, Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, and the Palace of Holyroodhouse which are amongst the few working royal palaces in the world today. Bruce...
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    providing a wild piece of highland landscape within its 650-acre (260 ha) area. The park is associated with the Palace of Holyroodhouse and was formerly a...
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  • at the Abbey would go before the Bailie of Holyroodhouse who would sit in judgement. By the 1500s the Palace of Holyrood had begun to be established adjacent...
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    the Tower of London Guard and the Windsor Castle Guard. Several sentry postings are also occasionally mounted at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the sovereign's...
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    into a royal residence, and after the Scottish Reformation the Palace of Holyroodhouse was expanded further. The abbey church was used as a parish church...
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    Royal guard (redirect from Palace guards)
    Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; High Constables and Guard of Honour of the Palace of Holyroodhouse; Royal Company of Archers; and Yeomen of the Guard...
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    University of Aberdeen and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh were founded, and he commissioned the building of the Palace of Holyroodhouse and Falkland...
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    1822, in preference to the Palace of Holyroodhouse which was in a poor state, as did Queen Victoria in 1842. Dalkeith Palace was also visited by Edward...
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    history of Scotland: Edinburgh Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse. The name derives from it being the traditional processional route of monarchs...
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    Gallery. is an art gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland. It forms part of the Palace of Holyroodhouse complex. It was opened in 2002 by Queen Elizabeth II, and exhibits...
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    Mary, Queen of Scots, and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, were married at the Palace of Holyroodhouse on 29 July 1565, when she was 22 years old, and he was...
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  • are owned by the Crown. Some official residences, such as the Palace of Holyroodhouse and Hillsborough Castle, serve primarily ceremonial functions and...
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  • Medieval Bishop's Palace The Old Palace, Worcester Other Palaces: Blenheim Palace – residence of the Dukes of Marlborough Palace of Holyroodhouse – official...
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    the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence of the monarch in Scotland. It is also the annual venue of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland...
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    Holyrood, Edinburgh (category Areas of Edinburgh)
    for the Scottish Government. The Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence of the monarch in Scotland. The ruins of Holyrood Abbey Holyrood Park, an...
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    on a rotating basis. There is a similar art gallery next to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, and a Drawings Gallery at Windsor Castle. The Crown...
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    undertook the rebuilding of the Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse in the 1670s, which gave the palace its present appearance. After the death of Charles II Bruce...
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    House of Commons and the House of Lords and to give a speech to both houses. He and the Queen Consort then travelled to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh...
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    race meeting that is part of the social calendar. The sovereign's official residence in Scotland is the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. The monarch...
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    from Stirling to the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, but during an outbreak of plague in the city, he was moved to the care of Antoine d'Arces at...
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    resided at the Palace of Holyroodhouse and gave a garden party for Commissioners to the General Assembly on the Saturday afternoon of Assembly week and...
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    procession on the Royal Mile from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St. Giles' Cathedral on 12 September 2022. Other members of the royal family also use this Scottish...
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    put on public display at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. It includes cinquefoil motifs and probably commemorates the marriage of Sir Robert Drummond, who became...
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    VIII to guard the Royal Palace of the Tower of London in 1509 High Constables and Guard of Honour of the Palace of Holyroodhouse created in the early sixteenth...
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    Ceremony of the Keys at the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the presentation of new colours to Scottish regiments. The Company arrives at the Palace of Holyroodhouse...
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  • Abbey, a ruined Augustinian abbey in Edinburgh Holyrood Palace, formally the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh Holyrood Park, a royal park in central Edinburgh...
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  • in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace or the Grand Reception Room in Windsor Castle. The Palace of Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh, Scotland, is also used...
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    monarchs' family tree Palace of Holyroodhouse – The principal residence of the King of Scots. Duke of Rothesay – The title of the heir apparent to the...
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