‘She was my Queen’: Locals flock to pay respects at Balmoral

Members of the public gather and lay flowers outside Balmoral. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Fiona Robertson feels like she grew up with the royal family. As a child in Tarland, a village 19 miles (31km) from Balmoral, the Queen was a fixture of her summers on Deeside.

“When you live around her, you have a very different relationship with the royal family than people in other parts of the world,” Robertson said.