During her seven decades on the throne the Queen has played her part in Scottish politics and none more so than in 1999.
On July 1 that year Her Majesty officially re-established a parliament north of the Border after a huge majority of voters in Scotland backed devolution at the 1997 referendum.
The Act of Union in 1707 saw the old parliament in Edinburgh dissolve and Scottish MPs admitted to Westminster instead.
The first meeting of the re-convened parliament took place on May 12, 1999.
The Queen was accompanied at the opening ceremony of the parliament at the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh by her husband the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles.
Politicians met on the Royal Mile while a permanent home was being built in the Holyrood area of the capital.
The election on May 6 saw Scottish Labour win the most seats with 56, while Alex Salmond's SNP achieved 35 MSPs in the Chamber.
David McLetchie's Conservative Party finished in third place with 18 seats with the Lib Dems electing 17 MSPs. The Greens and the Scottish Socialists both returned one MSP.
During the ceremony the Queen and First Minister Donald Dewar gave memorable speeches to the 129 MSPs.
Here's the Queen's speech in full when she opened the Scottish Parliament:
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