Glasgow - out of all of the UK - has always been a very important city to the Royal Family.
Even before the days of the industrial revolution where Glasgow was seen as the second city of the Empire, the Royals always cherished the city of Glasgow.
All of the Royal family claim heritage from the Scottish nobility - through King George VI they are directly descended from James VI of Scotland, and through the Bowes-Lyons, Earls of Strathmore, they can trace her ancestry back through generations of Scottish nobility to Sir John Lyon, Thane of Glamis, who married Robert II’s daughter in the fourteenth century.
Oftentimes would the Royals visit Glasgow - today we're looking back at the very best pictures from the Royal Family's visits to Glasgow.

5. Prince William pre-uni (2001)
Prince William and Prince Charles stand together September 21, 2001 in Glasgow ahead of William beginning his studies at St. Andrews University the following week | Getty Images

6. Father & Son (2001)
Prince William and Charles walking through Glasgow | Getty Images

7. Engaging with Glasgow community groups (2002)
The (then) Prince of Wales in his role as The Duke of Rothesay, visits the Paradise Garden Carpet project created by women from Glasgow's Muslim Elderly Day Care Centre, at the Royal Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh 05 July 2002. | POOL/AFP via Getty Images

8. Charles meets Glaswegian WW2 veterans (2004)
The Prince of Wales meets D-Day veterans at the Albert Halls in Stirling, June 3 2004. The Prince talked to three WWII veterans from Glasgow who recounted their memories of the Normandy landings and the battle in which many of their comrades fell. The meeting at Stirling's Albert Halls - his first visit to the city since the Dunblane massacre of 1996 - came on the last day of a three-day long series of engagements north of the border. | AFP via Getty Images


