To a round of applause from the crowd of over 200 onlookers, he said his late grandmother would have been proud of the new gates created in her memory.

He revealed not a day went by when he did not miss his grandmother.

He said: "I miss her vitality, her interest in the lives of others, her courage and determination, her perceptive wisdom, her calm in the face of all difficulties and her steadfast belief in the British people."

He highlighted her "unstoppable sense of mischievous humour" as well as her many impressive characteristics with "love, pride and gratitude".

The Duke of Rothesay said the physical project provided a "fitting memorial in a fitting family place to those qualities which were so beloved to my grandmother."

"Although the setting of Glamis is not easy to add to, these gates provide a new entrance my grandmother would have approved of.

"I congratulate all those who have worked so hard on these gates."
Prince Charles also noted the presence of two pipers who fanfared the Royal party's arrival to the village.

"I am very pleased, as I know my grandmother would have been, to see serving members of The Black Watch battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland pay tribute to their old colonel in chief.

"Nothing could possibly give me greater pleasure or pride than to declare these memorial gates open."