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Fascinating stuff Edina, and great to see the Sheep Heid Inn painted in Hibby colours! Remember when the Queen walked in there for dinner a few years ago!
She was not the only Royal to drink in there. Apparently James, and his mother Mary, Queen of Scots, were regular skittle players in the premises.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep_...in_of_the_name
Duddingston village is exactly halfway between the royal residences of Craigmillar Castle and Holyrood Palace, and James, like his mother Mary, Queen of Scots, is said to have stopped here many times and even played skittles in the courtyard behind the pub. As a mark of gratitude he presented the landlord with this highly unusual gift which remained on site for 300 years before being sold at auction to the Earl of Rosebery, whose descendants possess it still at their country seat of Dalmeny House.[3]
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