Photograph of South Queensferry Pier during the visit of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) to view construction work on the Forth (Rail) Bridge

Embroidered cover of religious book written by Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth I of England, for her stepmother, Katherine Parr.

Royal letter under the Signet bearing the signatures of Mary Queen of Scots and her secretary, Sir William Maitland of Lethington, ratifying infeftment of Alexander Irvine of Drum in lands in the barony of Strathbogey in Aberdeenshire.

Signature of Mary Queen of Scots from a royal letter under the Signet

First official recorded mention of tartan within clothing accounts for King James V in 1538. The entry for 'Heland tartane' reads as follows:ITEM in the first for ij elnis ane quart[er] eln[e] of va-riant cullorit veluet to be the Kingis grace ane schortheland coit p[re]ce of the eln[e] vj li~ Su[m]ma xiij li~ x d~Item for iij elnis quarter elne of grene taffatyisto lyne the said coit w[i]t[h] p[re]ce of the elne x s~ Su[m]ma xxxij s~ vj d~Item for iij elnis of heland tertane to be hoiss to thekingis grace p[re]ce of the elne iiij s~ iiij d~ Su[m]ma xiij s~Item for xv elnis of Holland claith to be syde helandsarkis to the kingis grace p[re]ce of the elne viij s~Summa vj li~

Visit of HRH Prince George, the Duke of York, to Carron Iron Works, Falkirk, on 18 January 1932.

George V, in kilt, visits Ballater station

Sketch of coat of arms of King James and Mary of Guise.

Illustration of the family tree of the Royal House of the Scottish throne.