The crimson carpet was actually rolled out for a Royal go to of the Queen greater than 50 years in the past.
Torrential downpours didn’t dampen the spirits of hundreds of Kilmarnock residents because the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh visited the city in July 1970.
Locals waited two hours within the horrid climate to catch a glimpse of the pair — who have been half-an-hour late.
And regardless of the climate, the couple spent a number of minutes chatting to the crowds.
Carpet manufacturing facility BMK, the place the Queen would go to later within the day, had woven 250 yards of velvet wool carpet for the event, a few of which was laid out on the Dick Institute the place the couple have been acquired by Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire Sir James Fergusson.
Particular window shows have been organized in outlets and the Royals even dined within the Dick Institute.
The lunch consisted of melon in a port wine; sea trout with asparagus salad and buttered Ayrshire potatoes; and Auchencruive strawberries with cream and an Oppenheimer Riesling hock of 1964 classic.
The couple have been gifted a pair of pale blue satin-bound blankets knitted by Fleming’s Laces within the city.
They went on to go to numerous factories and once they left the crimson carpet was so moist they couldn’t stroll on it.
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