The Queen is to host her annual summer Garden Party in Edinburgh during a week of Scottish engagements.

Guests will be welcomed to the Queen's official residence in Scotland, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, on Wednesday afternoon.

It comes a day after polling expert Professor John Curtice and actor James Cosmo, among others, picked up honours at the palace.

The Queen was formally welcomed to Edinburgh on Monday, when she was handed the keys to the city at the start of Holyrood Week.

On Thursday, she will present a new standard to the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in Fife, while the Duke of Cambridge will award Royal Medals at educational charity the Royal Society of Edinburgh and attend a reception marking 70 years of the NHS