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The ceremonial Keys of the City of Edinburgh

The Ceremony of the Keys is held in Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, at the start of the British monarch's week-long residence there in July. Soon after the monarch's arrival, in the forecourt of the Palace, the King or Queen is symbolically offered the keys to the city of Edinburgh by the Lord Provost:[1][2] Шаблон:Quote

The monarch returns the keys, saying: Шаблон:Quote

A Ceremony of the Keys is also held at the start of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland when the Lord High Commissioner, as the monarch's representative, receives the keys from the Lord Provost.

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