PICTURES: Queen Elizabeth II enjoyed her visits to Moray
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QUEEN Elizabeth visited Moray several times over the decades.
The last visit occurred in November 2014.
Her Majesty was greeted with cheers from the crowds who lined the platform at Elgin station as she stepped off the Royal Train.
Accompanying her on the visit was her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, on what was their 67th wedding anniversary.
The couple went on to visit Moray’s two military bases – Kinloss Barracks and RAF Lossiemouth.
Another visit in July 1967 came on Prince Charles' very last day as a pupil at Gordonstoun, where he had boarded for the previous five years.
The Queen officially opened the school's new sports centre.
She was then given a guided tour by Charles, who was the school's Guardian (head boy).
That night she stayed at Innes House, the home of the Lord Lieutenant of Moray, Captain Iain Tennant and his wife, Lady Margaret.
The following morning, accompanied by her son, the Queen attended a Sunday service at St Giles Church in Elgin.
The title of busiest Royal Visit probably belongs to August 1961 when the Queen and Duke made 14 stops across Moray and Banffshire within the course of just eight hours.
Its jam-packed itinerary saw the pair meeting and greeting the crowds in Elgin, Forres, Fochabers, Findochty, Buckie, Portknockie, Cullen, Portsoy, Banff and Macduff.
Their dark crimson Rolls Royce also made a point of driving slowly through Whitehills.
This detour was at the specific request of the local minister, a Reverend AW Grieg, who campaigned for his village to be included in planned the route.
While in Forres the Queen commented on the natural beauty of Grant Park.
At Elgin she was greeted at the council's headquarters by large crowds and the Elgin City Band.
She then paid a surprise visit to the home of a friend in Fochabers – Helen, the Duchess of Northumberland.
Neighbours were said to have been given quite a shock by the sight of the Royal couple strolling down a quiet lane in the village.
