On Saturday 9th of October
the new and permanent Scottish Parliament building was opened with the
Queen and Sean Connery in attendance. I was too late to get to it so
tried to take some pics from the TV and they kinda worked so here are some
pics I took of it.
The Architects wife on the left and The Queen
and the First Minister on the right
On the right Prince Philip and the Queen with
speaker of the Parliament George Reid
Sean Connery being interviewed and on right
political commentary
Bust of the first First Minister Donald Dewar
with his son and daughter on right
Some of the crowd that lined and marched on
the Royal Mile
Picture left centre is our second first
minister and centre right is Winnie Ewing, the SNP's first MP
This is the wife of the architect
Presenter Jackie Bird on the contemplation seat
that each MSP has in their private chambers
The Queen's Scottish Crown
The Queen being escorted by the speaker of the
Parliament, George Reid
The Queen meets Donald Dewar's Son and Daughter in
the Donald Dewar Library and on right meets the leaders of each of Scotland's
political parties.
Entertaining the crowds outside
Alex Salmon, leader of the SNP at Westminster
taking a photo
Background music being played while folk in the
debating chamber wait for the Queen
The Mace being carried in
Lord Lyon and his court come into the chamber
The Scottish Crown comes before the Queen in the
chamber
George Reid, the Speaker, gives an excellent short
speech
The Queen then replies and the young musician of
the year gives a performance
A poem written by our Poet Lauriat is read out and
then the current First Minister gives his speech
More music and song follows
Sean Connery is in the guest seats and then it's
time for Auld Lang Sang and joining of hands
And lots of applause from everyone which concluded
the proceedings
