Elizabeth II

Macleod of Harris Tartan Kilt

Tartan: A fabric of iconic patterns

Macleod of Harris Tartan Kilt

Tartan: A fabric of iconic patterns

Mark Greenaway’s Baked Alaska, featuring Edinburgh honey syrup, white peach, and pear

Iconic Scottish hotel debuts new menu with celebrity chef

The Royal Yacht Britannia is one of the UK’s most visited tourist attractions

The Royal Yacht Britannia and Fingal Hotel have wind in their sails

The view from the Castle Hotel over Windsor Castle and the Guildhall. Credit: Castle Hotel

The historic Windsor hotel that is a must-visit for Royal fans

Royal Yacht Britannia to open ‘world-class’ visitor centre

Take a look through our gallery to see 18 pictures that will transport you back to Edinburgh in 1985.

18 fascinating old photos of Edinburgh life in 1985

Royal butler eating a burger with a knife and fork

Have the people of Edinburgh been eating burgers wrong?

The proposed gold plaque will be placed on the Royal Scots Monument at Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh.

Queen Elizabeth II plaque to be added to Royal Scots Monument

Iconic city hotel set to open new cocktail bar and restaurant

Ian Murray MP, fourth from right, at Mortonhall

Edinburgh MP meets holiday park family providing a capital experience for city v...

Princess Diana’s brother-in-law Lord Fellowes has died at 82 (Photo by Getty Images)

Princess Diana’s brother-in-law Lord Fellowes has died at 82

The annual floral clock in Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens is this year dedicated to the RNLI and its 200th anniversary. Retired gardener David Dorward works on the display which took himself and two other gardeners seven weeks and 35,000 plants

Floral clock celebrating RNLI - Angus Robertson

Have a look through our photo gallery for a nostalgic trip back to Edinburgh in 1985.

29 amazing old photos of Edinburgh back in 1985

Scroll through our picture gallery for a nostalgic trip back to Edinburgh in 1980.

18 photos of Edinburgh life back in 1980

Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Waverley Market shopping centre in Princes Street Edinburgh, July 1985. The Queen comes down the escalator.

17 amazing photos of Edinburgh in 1985
Queen Elizabeth II gave Waverley Market her royal approval in 1985, slicing the red ribbon to mark the newly-built Edinburgh shopping mall's official opening.
Gary Flockhart

Princess arrives by helicopter for secret visit

This is when banknotes with the face of King Charles will come into circulation

This is when new King Charles banknotes will enter circulation

The Sheep Heid Inn, located in Duddingston Village, Edinburgh, has been named as one of the cosiest pubs in the UK. Photo: Google Street View

City pub named 5th cosiest boozer in the UK

Chief Superintendent Sean Scott

Time is right to relinquish capital’s police command - Sean Scott

The Very Rev Gilleasbuig Macmillan was minister at St Giles' Cathedral for 40 years before retiring in 2013. He was also a former Dean of the Order of the Thistle and a chaplain to the Queen. Picture: Kate Chandler.

Tributes to Gilleasbuig Macmillan, former minister of St Giles'

Scottish author Alexander 'Sandy' McCall Smith, photographed at his Edinburgh home earlier this year, has been knighted for services to literature, to academia and to charity. Photo by Andrew O'Brien.

All of the Edinburgh people awarded in the King's New Year's Honours List 2024

Exterior of Tiffany's discoteque in St Stephen Street, Stockbridge Edinburgh in November 1980. The nightclub sadly burned down a decade later.

17 more photos of Edinburgh in 1980

A Lothian Region Transport bus slips on the snow and gets stuck across the High Street Royal Mile Edinburgh, during the winter of 1979.

29 pictures of Edinburgh's Royal Mile in the 1970s

Fingal, a uxury floating hotel berthed in Edinburgh's historic Port of Leith, has been crowned Scotland's hotel of the year.

Edinburgh venue ucrowned Scotland's hotel of the year

The building is owned by The Royal Company of Merchants of The City of Edinburgh and features a striking domed ceiling. Picture: Jack Currie

Catering firm agrees exclusive partnership with Edinburgh's 'hidden gem' venue

The Queen appeared on more UK coins than any other British monarch and approximately 27 billion coins bearing her likeness are still in active circulation.

Royal Mint reveals rarest Queen Elizabeth II coins - some worth £100s
Queen Elizabeth II appeared on more UK coins than any other British monarch and approximately 27 billion coins bearing her likeness are still in active circulation - with some worth hundreds of pounds.
Sophie Wills

Queen Elizabeth’s death date & cause of death

Frankie Boyle has been appearing at this year's Fringe. Picture: Robert Perry.

Frankie Boyle defends decision to keep joking about death of Holly Willoughby

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive at Edinburgh Castle for the Ceremony of the Keys at the start of the coronation state visit to the Capital.

Here’s how Edinburgh celebrated Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953

Preparations for King Charles visit to Edinburgh have begun, with a practise procession on the Royal Mile. (Photo credit: Matt Donlan)

Residents awoken at 5am thanks to procession rehearsals on Royal Mile

Completed in 1903, the five-star 241-room 'Caley' hotel is an A-listed building with an iconic red sandstone façade.

Hotel that is 'part of the very fabric of Edinburgh society' sold in £85m deal

King Charles

King Charles pays tribute to troops to mark Armed Forces Day 2023

King Charles III

King Charles makes major change to royal family’s summer tradition

Trooping the Colour takes place on Saturday, June 17

Met Office weather forecast for Trooping the Colour ceremony

Denise Welch

Denise Welch to star as late Queen in Princess Diana musical

Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons Auctioneers, with a childhood drawing of Queen Elizabeth II drawn by a very young King Charles.

Childhood drawings by King Charles to fetch thousands at auction

Radio 2 in the Park: Tears for Fears & Kylie Minogue confirmed as headliners - full line-up, dates, tickets

Radio 2 in the Park - entire line-up & tickets

King Charles III and Queen Camilla on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the coronation on May 6.

King Charles makes major change to Trooping of the Colour ceremony

Upcoming UK bank holiday’s

Bank holidays 2023: When is the next UK bank holiday?

Queen Elizabeth II Coronation carriage and procession coming through Admiralty Arch on the way from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace

A look back at Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation

King Charles III

King Charles and Queen Camilla to visit Chelsea Flower Show

Queen Elizabeth II: Government forked £162 million on state funeral

Cost of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral revealed by Government

The Prince and Princess of Wales with their three children

Royal tradition involving Prince William to be “done away with”

Buckingham Palace

King Charles drops major hint about future of Buckingham Palace

People out celebrating the coronation

King Charles coronation events’ viewing figures

Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh walk to Signet Library from St Giles' Cathedral after a service. The Queen is dressed in a robe of the Order of the Thistle

Looking back on the city during the last Coronation

King Charles

King Charles fingers: What is Dactylitis? King’s medical condition

King Charles and Queen Camilla

Watch the build-up to the coronation of King Charles III live

Monday May 8 will be a national bank holiday

Why Monday May 8 is a bank holiday after King Charles’ coronation

Camilla with son Tom (left) and daughter Laura (right)

Will Camilla Queen Consort Camilla’s children get titles?

King Charles III's Coronation Concert will take place on 7 May.

10 facts about King Charles III and his coronation you didn’t know

Queen Elizabeth II wore gloves designed by Cornelia James

Royal glove maker reveals gloves adored by late Queen - how to buy

Buckingham Palace

Who is paying for King Charles’ coronation and how are royals funded?

Why was Prince Philip not a King? Royal line of succession explained