The Queen's Golden Jubilee has been marked at a series of colourful events in Scotland.

Festivities arranged to commemorate the Queen's 50 years on the throne included live music, garden and street parties and the firing of a 21-Gun Salute in Edinburgh.

The salute took place one minute later than in the rest of the UK because of the traditional firing of the One O'clock Gun in the Scottish capital.

Visitors to Britannia toast the Queen

Edinburgh hosted a series of other events including a garden party for families in Princes Street Gardens and local street parties.

An evening party in the gardens was due to be headlined by Karen Matheson, of folk group Capercaillie.

The former Royal Yacht Britannia, which is situated in the port of Leith, was decked out in the official Golden Jubilee decorations.

Celebrations included music and the opportunity to toast the Queen.

Falkirk saw one of the biggest events, with thousands of people turning out for Scotland's national street arts festival Big In Falkirk and Jubilee celebrations in Callendar Park.

Community groups

BBC Scotland covered events at the park as part of its Music Live programme and entertainment was provided by a range of acts including Deacon Blue's Ricky Ross and television presenter Jackie Bird, who sang a Bay City Rollers medley.

The festival has attracted 90,000 people and took place in seven different locations across the town in the last 11 days.

In Glasgow, nine streets were closed for most of Monday to allow street parties organised by local community groups to take place.

A pet shows his allegiance in Glasgow

Garden parties were held in parks across Dundee where members of the public joined in at 1300 BST with a nationwide BBC-inspired sing-along to The Beatles' classic "All You Need Is Love".

In Aberfoyle, Stirling, the famous Scottish Duck Derby at the Scottish Wool Centre was also staged to mark the Jubilee celebrations.

However, there was opposition at Glasgow Green where about 150 people joined Scottish Socialist Party leader and MSP Tommy Sheridan for a republican garden party with stalls, food, music and poetry recitals.

Mr Sheridan told the crowd, who had gathered under the banner "citizens not subjects", that the Royal Family symbolised inequality in Britain.

Newspaper poll

He said: "I think we can say that we are not interested in individuals like Phil and Lizzie. It is the institution itself that we are standing against."

Mr Sheridan also referred to a newspaper poll which suggested that the majority of young Scots think the Queen should be replaced by an elected president.

Bill Aitken, the Tory list MSP for Glasgow, said: "I'm consumed with indifference as to what Tommy's daily demonstration is about and I would imagine that 99% of the population would be of the same view.

"I find him totally boring. He just goes on about the same things all the time and that's a matter for him."

Monday's events were due to culminate with the lighting of a series of beacons across the UK to mark the Jubilee.