Our last tour of our stay in Edinburgh was a visit to Holyroodhouse, the Official Royal Residence for the British Monarch. The Queen holds official events here when she is in residence in Scotland.
Entry to the palace is by virtue of climbing the main staircase which is lined with art and tapestries.
The Royal Dining Room has 3000 pieces available for settings. We were not invited for a dinner party.
The Throne Room
Heads of State are welcomed in The Presence Room. They must stay in bow-position until the ruler recognizes them. In years past some have been left in this position for hours if they were in disfavor with the particular Monarch.
Other guests are met in the Privy Room.
Silk tapestries in twenty-four colors adorn the antechamber before the King’s Bedchamber. No King has slept here. Mary, Queen of Scots, used the room. Victoria and Elizabeth, among the longest reigning royalty, have used the room.
The walls of the Great Hall contain 96 portraits of real and not real rulers, all bearing the nose of Charles II proving he was the “rightful” ruler.
One garden party, in more recent times, had 8000 people in attendance.
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