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173 years of Royal Deeside: 14 photos of Queen Elizabeth II visiting Deeside

1980 - The rain stayed off, ensuring the Her Majesty stayed dry while inspecting the Royal Guard at Balmoral.
1980 - The rain stayed off, ensuring the Her Majesty stayed dry while inspecting the Royal Guard at Balmoral.
By Kirstin Brown

Deeside became Royal Deeside when Queen Victoria fell in love with the area in 1848.

Royal Deeside includes the towns of Banchory, Aboyne, Ballater and Braemar and the royal estate of Balmoral Castle is visited by Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the Royal family every summer.

We’ve compiled 14 photographs of the queen in Royal Deeside from our archives. What memories do you have of Deeside?

Queen Elizabeth II standing next to two ponies
1977 – Her Majesty at the meeting of the British Drawing (Driving) Society at Balmoral.
The Queen walking with Dwight Eisenhower
1959 – US president Dwight Eisenhower is welcomed by the Queen to Balmoral.
Queen Elizabeth II standing on a banking with Prince Philip on their Silver Wedding anniversary at Balmoral
1972 – The Queen and Prince Philip mark their Silver Wedding at Balmoral in 1972.
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret standing together in tartan skirts
1946 – Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret at the Braemar Gathering in September 1946.
Queen Elizabeth II standing in front of Gordon Highlanders playing the bagpipes
1988 – Delighted spectators look on as the Queen inspects the Royal Guard of the 1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders.
Local people standing behind a wall ass the Queen walks past
1959 – Local people line up to catch a glimpse of their sovereign.
Queen Elizabeth II laughing with a gillie
1967 – Sharing a joke with a gillie at the Gun Dog Trials in October 1967.
Queen Elizabeth II shaking hands with stall-holders
1979 – A proud moment for stall-holders at Crathie Church sale of work as they meet the Queen.
The Queen laughing with stall-holders
1975 – The royal visitor shares a joke when she dropped in to the Crathie sale in August 1975.
Queen Elizabeth II walks along the front of a crowd of Gordon Highlanders
1961 – The Queen inspects the 3rd Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders at Balmoral in August 1961.
The two princesses walking with their mother
1936 – Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth with their mother at Crathie Church sale of work in September 1936.
Queen Elizabeth II walking with a minister in front of a crowd of people
1973 – Her Majesty walks to Crathie sale of work with Crathie Kirk minister, the Rev Tom Nicol.
Queen Elizabeth II and Captain Michael Tait
1973 – The Queen with Captain Michael Tait, of the 1st Gordons, at Balmoral, where she presented the new Ballater Colour to her Royal Guard on Deeside.

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