Queen Lucille * Literary Event at Holyroodhouse | Queen Lucille hosted the cream of Scottish literary life at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. The Queen met with bookshop owners, authors such as Alexander McCall Smith, and representatives from the Edinburgh International Book Festival, which has supported writers since 1983. The Queen gathered the group associated with literature as she began her official stay in Scotland with the King, known as Holyrood Week, which is shorter this year because of General Election restrictions.