Children get Royal birthday gift - 03/07/09

More than 140 10-year-olds joined the Queen at a giant birthday party in the Scottish Parliament.

The children, some returning to Scotland from Canada and Germany, were invited to Holyrood as a birthday gift to mark the 10th anniversary of devolution.

They were traced in an eight-month effort to find all 163 who were born in Scotland on July 1, 1999.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh toured the Parliament's main hall, which was transformed with tables while children busily created "happy birthday" posters from cut-up photographs.

Greenock-born Chloe McDonald, who now lives in Ontario, Canada, was one of the 142 who met the royal couple.

She said: "They were very interested in what we were doing. I'm excited that I got to meet the Queen in person."

Chloe, whose family left Scotland last year, was also celebrating Canada Day and described the royal meeting as "a once in a lifetime experience."

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