Holyroodhouse

/ ˌhɒlɪruːdˈhaʊs /

noun

a royal palace in Edinburgh in Scotland: official residence of the Queen when in Scotland; begun in 1501 by James IV of Scotland; scene of the murder of David Rizzio in 1566

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Among the ways of improving access this year has been £1 tickets for people on Universal Credit and a range of other benefits, with 19,500 of these tickets being sold in four months at Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.

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Royal Portraits: A Century Of Photography is due to run until 7 September at The King's Gallery in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, having previously been exhibited at Buckingham Palace.

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It was gifted by the then-Princess Elizabeth to Marion Polson, the housekeeper at The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh from 1931 to 1969.

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Lokko was speaking after receiving her OBE from the Princess Royal at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on Wednesday.

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Thousands of people lined the route as the Queen's body was driven from Balmoral to Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.

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