She later handed over thousands of pounds of family valuables at the Balmoral Hotel.
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The 42.5m boat, operated by Aberdeen-based Vroon Offshore Services, was in the Balmoral oilfield at the time.
Ewan Williamson, 35, was killed while tackling a fire in the Balmoral Bar on Dalry Road in July 2009.
The 35-year-old was killed while tackling a fire in the Balmoral Bar on Dalry Road on 12 July 2009.
She handed over thousands of pounds of family valuables at the Balmoral Hotel.
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One story found in the records is of Donald Stewart, head gamekeeper to Queen Victoria at the Balmoral Estate in Aberdeenshire.
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Crews tackled flames on the Balmoral Estate in Aberdeenshire, while smoke from a fire near Tyndrum temporarily closed the A82 in Argyll.
Tourism chiefs paid their first visit to Russia in 2004, and participants this year include the Balmoral Hotel, the Gleneagles Hotel and Historic Scotland.
Senior members of the family, with the Queen herself in the chair, got together twice a year, during the holidays at Balmoral and Sandringham.
As the Balmoral neared Cobh, local resident and historian Michael Martin explained why the town was an important part of Titanic's legacy and "an extraordinary place".
The Balmoral is carrying 1, 309 passengers, who come from more than 20 countries - they include relatives of survivors, authors, historians and people fascinated by the Titanic story.
He also suggested his critics were "jealous" because he lived in a large house that resembled Royal residence Balmoral, and had trees in the grounds that needed lopping.
The event is the traditional grand finale of the Highland Games circuit, but for many people the greatest attraction is the arrival of the Royal party from nearby Balmoral.
At Balmoral, the Royal Standard flew at full mast, at Buckingham Palace not at all-both in accord with arcane royal protocol but both jarring to the mourners' raw sensitivities.
Visitors to this year's Balmoral Show, which is being held for the first time at its new home in the Maze, Lisburn, have been urged to use free public transport.
At Balmoral bistro bar, which overlooks the main plaza, enjoy live jazz Thursdays through Saturdays while noshing on dishes such as signature beef tataki topped with roasted sesame seeds and Quebecois maple syrup, or a traditionally French beef bourguignon.
"We now look forward to welcoming the Balmoral Show to the site in May and I am confident that this is only the first step in maximising the economic development potential of this significant 347 acre site, " the chairman added.
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Though her father was an earl, Diana's loathing for horses, summers in Balmoral and the rest was a key plank of her case that she was a modern princess and a better parent than her husband, the Prince of Wales.
The Queen Mother's passing is being mourned across Scotland - particularly at Glamis Castle in Angus, where she grew up in the early years of last century, Crathie Church near Balmoral on Royal Deeside and the Castle of Mey in Caithness.
Texan boots and cowboy hats are a frequent sight at the local airport, but few take the Texan theme as far as Sir Moir: he lives on a ranch in the rolling countryside near the queen's Scottish seat of Balmoral, breeding Aberdeen Angus cattle.
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Not that this matters much, as "The Audience, " at London's Gielgud Theatre, is a vehicle for the country's favorite actress, Helen Mirren, and also for the designer, Bob Crowley, who wows us with his replicas of the infinitely receding columns of Buckingham Palace and a sitting-room in the queen's Scottish castle, Balmoral.
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The Ritz has no Scottish associations at all, as far as I know, but it does have an adventurous barman in Walter Pintus, who has created a new whisky-based cocktail called The Balmoral Tribute inspired by that old royal boozer, Queen Victoria herself (no wonder there are so many pubs named after her).
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