Visiting Inverclyde four times during her exceptional 70-year reign and once before it began, here we remember the beloved monarch and the joy she brought with her as she met with local people.

The first of her Inverclyde engagements was a visit in July of 1947 before she ascended to the throne.

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Known as Princess Elizabeth, HRH was in the town with her family to review the home fleet on the Clyde, along with her father King George VI, her mother Queen Elizabeth, her sister Princess Margaret and then fiancé Philip Mountbatten. 

As monarch, her first visit came in 1958 when she came to Gourock to commemorate the Centenary of the Burgh. Her Majesty planted a tree in the town to mark the momentous moment.

She returned in December of 1992 when she launched a ship — a buoy tender for the Northern Lighthouse Board called MV Pharos — at the Ferguson shipyard in Port Glasgow.

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Her Majesty returned to Ferguson's in 2000 to launch a £15m Caledonian MacBrayne ferry, MV Hebrides, and was met with adoring crowds of all ages.

The Queen's final visit to Inverclyde was in 2012 as the nation celebrated her Diamond Jubilee.

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Local people turned out in their thousands to greet the monarch at the Battery Park and The Esplanade as she toured the area with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh.

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