Queen Elizabeth II: A look back at her visits to Clydebank over the decades

Most famously, she launched the ship named in her honour, the QE2, at the John Brown's yard in 1967.

But that wasn't her first trip to the shipbuilder, nor to the town.

Her first visit was in 1938 when she was aged 12 and came to the town with her mother for the launch of RMS Queen Elizabeth.

In 1953, she was back at John Brown's for the launch of the Royal Yacht Britannia, a ship that would spend more than 40 years at sea and cover more than a milion miles.

In July 1965, the Queen arrived at Rothesay Dock on board the Britannia for a tour of the town, Dumbarton and Helensburgh which began with a visit to the Singer factory before a gala dance with more than 100 Bankie lassies and sailors from the yacht.

The QE2's launch in 1967 was her last visit for 19 years, during which time the industry of Clydebank dramatically changed and disappeared.

Her return was for the centenary of the Burgh and a visit to St Margaret of Scotland Hospice.

In 2003, she formally opened the refurbished Clyde Shopping Centre, another significant change to the town since her earliest visits.

In 2008 she attended the opening of the West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital.

The Queen, in her Diamond Jubilee year in 2012, made a return visit to St Margaret of Scotland Hospice and then visited Our Holy Redeemer's Primary where she enjoyed lunch with Prince Phillip in a specially-provided marquee.

It was her eighth visit to Clydebank, showing her long fondness for the community that will always have a dedicated link to her name.