The BBC's Scotland editor James Cook examines how the country's view of the monarchy has evolved.
This should not be a surprise. Opinion polls consistently suggest an underlying lack of enthusiasm for the monarchy in Scotland compared to other parts of the UK.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon reiterated in an interview with BBC Scotland political editor Glenn CampbellThe SNP maintains a royalist position despite the fact that many of the ties that bound Scotland into the union — ties in many ways personified by Elizabeth herself — are fraying, and despite evidence of a link between support for independence and support for an elected head of state.
Scotland, in this sense, really is a foreign country, where feeling more British "has precisely the inverse sociological correlations: being older, more Christian, whiter, more right-leaning and more Eurosceptic", according to British Future. There is evidence, he says, that the strengthening sense of Scottish identity has helped to drive a fall in royalist sentiment here.
As the daughter of a scion of an aristocratic family in Strathmore, the Bowes-Lyons, the Queen certainly has strong Scottish credentials. She can trace her ancestry to King Robert II and King James VI. Outside Crathie Kirk, upon hearing a reference to the impending poll, the Queen is reported to have said: "Well, I hope people will think very carefully about the future."
Sir Tom Devine says he was "slightly surprised about it", but adds: "It didn't cross a red line. She never does." "But I cannot forget that I was crowned queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."