(17 Mar 1996) Natural Sound
Britain's Queen Elizabeth the Second and her daughter Princess Anne have been visiting Dunblane, where 16 children and their teacher were massacred.
They laid flowers at the primary school gates in remembrance of the young victims who were shot in the school gymnasium.
They also met medical staff and emergency service workers who helped deal with the tragedy.
Queen Elizabeth and the Princess Royal today arrived in Dunblane to join in the national mourning for the 17 victims of the school gym massacre.
On this grey Mothering Sunday Queen Elizabeth and Princess Anne went first to the 13th century cathedral where an emotional service in the aftermath of the massacre was held earlier today.
The Queen spent 15 minutes talking privately to 30 people whose children have been killed or injured.
Then she and Princess Anne took their own floral tributes to the victims of the massacre.
They joined the thousands of flowers which now form a carpet extending along the pavement beside the school.
The Princess brought north with her a small posy of snowdrops she had
picked from her own garden earlier in the day.
The Queen brought a bouquet of pink and yellow flowers - deliberately, not a wreath.
She laid it outside the school gates, immediately followed by her daughter's wreath.
Queen Elizabeth was accompanied at the scene by the Scottish Secretary Michael Forsyth MP.
She spent several minutes outside the school, pausing to talk to bystanders and then looked at other floral tributes, many of which have been sent from all over the world.
She then moved on to Stirling Royal Infirmary, where she met doctors who led the emergency operation.
She also went to the children's ward to meet other medical staff who were involved in the harrowing treatment of youngsters.
And there was a private visit to the bedsides of children injured in the shooting.
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