The events include meetings with MSPs, public talks and a visit to Edinburgh Castle.
Edinburgh Castle has been voted as the top UK heritage attraction for the second consecutive year.
The most-visited paid attraction for 2007 was Edinburgh Castle, recording more than 1.2 million visitors.
The splendid Witchery by the Castle is set in a 16th-century townhouse in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle.
The event sees more than 1, 000 pipers, drummers and other musicians perform on the Esplanade of Edinburgh Castle.
It culminated with a clan parade along the Royal Mile and a pageant on the esplanade at Edinburgh Castle.
In Scotland, the main parade and re-badging ceremony took place at Edinburgh Castle.
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Edinburgh Castle was the second most popular paid-for attraction outside London and the most popular in Scotland with 1, 230, 177 visitors.
Some of the country's best-known landmarks, including Edinburgh Castle and the Forth Rail Bridge, were plunged into darkness for the event.
Nick Finnigan, Edinburgh Castle's executive manager, was presented with the gold award.
There was a fall of 9% in tourists to Edinburgh Castle, the top attraction, and 15% fewer tourists to Linlithgow Palace in West Lothian.
The crown, sword and sceptre were always present during meetings of the old Scots Parliament and have been on display in Edinburgh Castle since 1819.
Brig Monro was commissioned to the Queen's Own Highlanders in 1972 and commanded the 52nd Lowland Brigade, based in Edinburgh Castle, from 1998 to 2001.
Millin, now 81, will be honored in Normandy at 60th anniversary ceremonies and his pipes and uniform from D-Day are on permanent display in Edinburgh Castle.
Members of the public gathered at the Garden of Remembrance adjacent to the Scott Monument for a two-minute silence, marked by a gun from Edinburgh Castle.
The sponsorship deal was announced jointly at Edinburgh Castle by First Minister Alex Salmond, George O'Grady of the European Tour and Martin Gilbert of Aberdeen Asset Management.
In Edinburgh, Scottish rock band Simple Minds headlined the Concert in the Gardens, where they were joined by The View and Bwani Junction against the backdrop of Edinburgh Castle.
Among other places where she slept included Spynie Palace and Balvenie Castle, both in Moray, in 1562, Edinburgh Castle in 1561, 1566 and 1567, and Hermitage Castle in the Scottish Borders in 1566.
Norman Watt , lately Senior Steward, Edinburgh Castle, Scottish Executive (Edinburgh) Julie Bernadette Watters , health visitor (Wishaw, Lanarkshire) - For services to Health Visiting and to the Promotion of Breastfeeding in Lanarkshire.
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra then takes over on Sunday night for one of the biggest live concerts in the world, as many tens of thousands of people watch its fireworks concert at Edinburgh Castle.
Start with a couple of days in elegant Edinburgh to revel in the Georgian architecture of New Town and the history of Edinburgh Castle, which broods silently over the city from its craggy perch.
It will be the first public park to be created in Edinburgh since Craigmillar Castle Park at the turn of the millennium.
The 1969 TV documentary, "Royal Family, " -- included in the exhibition -- showed her at home in Windsor Castle with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, and their children, and was watched by millions.
At the western end of the Royal Mile is the Castle, temporary home to the insanely popular Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo (7-29 Aug).
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