Editing Duke of Hamilton (section)

===Other offices and duties===
[[File:The Queen at the Scottish Parliament.jpg|thumb|[[Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 16th Duke of Hamilton]], acting as Hereditary Bearer of the [[Crown of Scotland]], holding the crown at the [[Scottish Parliament]] before [[Queen Elizabeth II]] and [[Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament|Presiding Officer]] [[Tricia Marwick]] in July 2011]]
The duke of Hamilton and Brandon is the hereditary keeper of the [[Palace of Holyroodhouse]], the official royal residence in Scotland, where he maintains large private quarters. He is also, as Lord Abernethy and in this respect successor to the Gaelic [[earls of Fife]], the hereditary bearer of the [[Crown of Scotland]], a role which the 15th duke performed at the inauguration of the [[Scottish Parliament]] in 1999,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gallagher |first=Toney |author-link=Tony Gallagher (editor) |date=6 June 2010 |title=Obituaries – The Duke of Hamilton |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/royalty-obituaries/7807070/The-Duke-of-Hamilton.html |access-date=2013-07-23 |quote=The 15th Duke of Hamilton and 12th Duke of Brandon [...] was uncomfortable in his role as Premier Peer of Scotland and hereditary Keeper of Holyroodhouse Palace, the Queen's official residence in Scotland. [...] As Lord Abernethy he was hereditary Bearer of the Crown of Scotland [...] In 1999, at the inauguration of the Scottish Parliament, he cut a striking figure while performing the role before the Queen.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Scots peerage : Founded on Wood's ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom |url=https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun01pauluoft#page/184/mode/2up}}</ref><ref>Maxwell, Vol II, pp 2–7, p 17</ref> as did the 16th duke at the State Opening of Parliament, 30 June 2011.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 June 2010 |title=Scottish Parliament |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/scotland/newsid_9523000/9523610.stm |access-date=6 July 2011}}</ref> As Hereditary Bearer of the Crown of Scotland, the 16th Duke also placed the crown upon the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II during a service of remembrance in [[St Giles' Cathedral]] on 12 September 2022.<ref name="BBC NEWS">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-62866826?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=631f3c7d9ec49f77eefbdf23%26Crown%20of%20Scotland%20placed%20on%20Queen%27s%20coffin%262022-09-12T14%3A26%3A53.876Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:e22df14d-414e-4747-b8ac-6c4e0a8e1f13&pinned_post_asset_id=631f3c7d9ec49f77eefbdf23&pinned_post_type=share "Crown of Scotland placed on Queen's coffin"]. ''[[BBC News]]''. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.</ref> Traditionally, the duke of Hamilton enjoys the exclusive right to remove the [[Scottish Crown Jewels]] from the City of [[Edinburgh]].{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} He also regularly attends sittings in the [[Court of Lord Lyon]] as a hereditary [[assessor (law)|assessor]], sitting on the bench beside [[Lord Lyon]].