The King has formally conferred city status on Dunfermline.
In a ceremony in Dunfermline city chambers, the King said he was “delighted” when it was announced the town would become a city.
He said he hoped people would feel a “real sense of pride in this new chapter”.
Hundreds of people had lined the streets of the Fife city to see the Charles and Camilla as they carried out their first official engagement together since Royal mourning ended.
After being at the city chambers they went to Dunfermline Abbey, where the royal couple saw the resting place of Robert the Bruce.

. King Charles III and the Queen Consort wave as they leave Dunfermline Abbey
King Charles III and the Queen Consort wave as they leave Dunfermline Abbey, after a visit to mark its 950th anniversary, and after attending a meeting at the City Chambers in Dunfermline, Fife, where the King formally marked the conferral of city status on the former town. Photo: Andrew Milligan

. King Charles III arrives at an official council meeting at the City Chambers in Dunfermline
King Charles III arrives at an official council meeting at the City Chambers in Dunfermline, Fife, to formally mark the conferral of city status on the former town, ahead of a visit to Dunfermline Abbey to mark its 950th anniversary. Photo: Andrew Milligan

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King Charles III and the Queen Consort are shown the grave stone of Robert the Bruce during a visit to Dunfermline Abbey Photo: PA

6. The ceremony in Dunfermline
In a ceremony in Dunfermline city chambers, the King said he was “delighted” when it was announced the town would become a city. He said he hoped people would feel a “real sense of pride in this new chapter”. Photo: PA

7. King Charles III and the Queen Consort wave as they leave Dunfermline Abbey
King Charles III and the Queen Consort wave as they leave Dunfermline Abbey, after a visit to mark its 950th anniversary, and after attending a meeting at the City Chambers in Dunfermline, Fife, where the King formally marked the conferral of city status on the former town. Photo: Andrew Milligan

8. King Charles at the city chambers
After being at the city chambers they went to Dunfermline Abbey, where the royal couple saw the resting place of Robert the Bruce. Photo: PA