Watch the Queen drive on to the new bridgeThe Queen opened the longest three-tower, cable-stayed bridge in the world yesterday, the third giant structure to span the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh. The Queensferry Crossing made a “breathtaking” sight, she said, with its white steel looking as elegant as the red Victorian rail bridge a little to the east. Separating the pair is the Forth Road Bridge, which was opened by the Queen exactly 53 years earlier. Amid a skirl of bagpipes, she celebrated the opening of the bridge with the Duke of Edinburgh in their first official appearance together since he announced his retirement from personal engagements last month. The Queen was joined by the Duke of Edinburgh ANDREW MILLIGAN - WPA POOL/GETTY IMAGESNicola Sturgeon joined the entourage and held a posy of white flowers as the Queen, wearing a powder-blue hat and coat, cut the…

Source: The Times September 04, 2017 23:03 UTC