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As the late Queen Elizabeth II worked at her desk in Scotland, she was watched by a small teddy bear dressed in tartan and perched on the pink sofa nearby.

Known as Haddington Bear, after a nearby East Lothian town, the teddy was in position every day as Her Majesty worked her way through her red boxes at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, at the special request of the monarch.

The bear is one of the personal touches on display from Thursday, as the Royal Collection Trust opens the doors of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s private apartments for the first time.

Emma Stead, the curator for the Palace of Holyroodhouse, said: “The Queen was given him as a gift and after that she asked that whenever she arrived here, he be placed in that particular position on the sofa awaiting her arrival.”

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