Thousands of Scottish records have now been made viewable online for the first time.

16:11, Fri, Jan 9, 2026 Updated: 16:17, Fri, Jan 9, 2026

the royal family pictured last year

Royal documents are now available to people in Scotland (Image: GETTY)

Never-before-seen royal documents, including that of the marriage of a Danish Prince to a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, are now available to view online for the first time. National Records of Scotland (NRS) have now said that nearly 240,000 documents have been added to the Scotland's People website, including births in 1925, marriages in 1950 and deaths in 1975.

Among the wedding records is the marriage between the Prince Georg of Denmark and Viscountess Anson, born Anne Bowes-Lyon, at Glamis Castle Chapel in September 1950. The couple had met the year earlier at a ball at the Swedish Embassy. The bride was the niece of the late Queen Mother, who attended the wedding along with Princess Margaret in 1950.

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Their attendance was previously advised against due to the wedding being a marriage of a divorcee.

Speaking of the new documents, NRS chief executive Alison Byrne said: "The annual arrival of new birth, marriage and death records is a big event in the calendar for family historians.

This is also an opportunity to look back and acknowledge the remarkable lives captured in the records.

"We are delighted to bring these new resources to the Scotland's People website so researchers in all corners of the world can discover their Scottish ancestors."

Prince Georg of Denmark and Viscountess Anson

Prince Georg of Denmark and Viscountess Anson, born Anne Bowes-Lyon, married in 1950 (Image: GETTY)

The Scotland's People website is often used by hundreds of thousands annually to request official certificates and explore family history, biography, local history, and social history.

News of the documents comes just days after King Charles concluded his stay at Sandringham, which is where the royals spent Christmas.

The Court Circular featured an entry on January 5, which showed that the 77-year-old had returned to Clarence House in London.