That concludes our live coverage of the Royal Opening of the Scottish Parliament on 2 July 2016.
The Queen used her address to the Holyrood Chamber to acknowledge the difficulty of "staying calm and collected" in an "increasingly challenging world".
Now the ceremony is over, the parliament closes for the summer. MSPs will be back in the chamber on 4 September.
- Until then, remember you can catch up on all the political stories affecting Scotland here.