Royal visit to Dunkeld

Sir, - I write to correct a statement in the article on Queen Victoria at the Atholl Arms Hotel in

Dunkeld. The royal visitor was, in fact, already Queen but she was accompanied by a princess, her eldest daughter and her husband Prince Albert.

In her diary, the Queen wrote on Wednesday September 11 1844: “The view of the bridge and cathedral, surrounded by high wooded hills... were lovely in the extreme. We got out at an inn (which was small but very clean) at Dunkeld and stopped to let Vicky have some broth... Vicky stood and bowed to the people out of the window”.

Come and read more in the Community Archive, Dunkeld. Eileen Cox. Community Archive, The Cross, Dunkeld.