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The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (Scottish Gaelic: Banca Rìoghail na h-Alba^[1]) is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, which together with NatWest, provides branch banking facilities in the United Kingdom. Royal Bank of Scotland has around 700 branches, mainly in Scotland though there are branches in many larger towns and cities throughout England and Wales. It should not be confused with Bank of Scotland. The Royal Bank of Scotland and their parent The Royal Bank of Scotland Group are completely separate from fellow Edinburgh based bank, Bank of Scotland, which pre-dates the Royal Bank of Scotland by 32 years. The Bank of Scotland was effective in raising funds for the Jacobite Rebellion and as a result, The Royal Bank of Scotland was established to provide a bank with strong unionist ties.

Registered Office of the Royal Bank of Scotland, 36 St Andrews Square, Edinburgh.

A £100 Royal Bank of Scotland note.

The Royal Bank of Scotland, along with Clydesdale Bank and Bank of Scotland, still prints its own banknotes. The current designs of the notes depict Lord Ilay (1682-1761), the first governor of the bank on the front, and Scottish castles on the back.

Current issue in circulation are:

• 1 pound note featuring Edinburgh Castle
• 5 pound note featuring Culzean Castle
• 10 pound note featuring Glamis Castle
• 20 pound note featuring Brodick Castle
• 50 pound note featuring Inverness Castle
• 100 pound note featuring Balmoral Castle

Occasionally the Royal Bank issues commemorative banknotes. Examples include the £1 note issued to mark the 150th Anniversary of the birth of Alexander Graham Bell in 1997, the £20 note for the 100th birthday of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother in 2000, and the £5 note honouring veteran golfer Jack Nicklaus in his last competitive Open competition at St Andrews in 2005. These notes are much sought-after by collectors and they rarely remain long in circulation.

• Royal Bank of Scotland Website
• Website of the Year 2007 - Winner Best Finance Site

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v • d • e Banks of the United Kingdom

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v • d • e Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Banking:	Adam & Company · Charter One · Child & Co · Citizens Bank · Coutts & Co · Drummonds Bank · First Active · Isle of Man Bank · MINT · National Westminster Bank · Royal Bank of Scotland · Royal Bank of Scotland International · Tesco Personal Finance · The One account · Ulster Bank · X-ite
Insurance and Motoring:	Churchill Insurance · Devitt Insurance · Direct Line · Finsure · Green Flag · Jamjarcars · Lombard Direct · Privilege
Corporate and Payment Services:	Angel Trains · BIBIT · Lynk · RBS Greenwich Capital · Streamline · WorldPay
Annual Group Revenue: £28.0 billion GBP (16% FY 2006) · Employees: 135,000 · Stock Symbol: LSE: RBS · Website: www.rbs.com

v • d • e Banknotes of the pound sterling
England and Wales	Bank of England
Scotland	Bank of Scotland · The Royal Bank of Scotland · Clydesdale Bank
Northern Ireland	Bank of Ireland · First Trust Bank · Northern Bank  · Ulster Bank
British Crown Dependencies	Guernsey pound · Jersey pound · Manx pound
British overseas territories (at parity with Sterling)	Gibraltar pound · Falkland Islands pound · Saint Helenian pound
See also	Pound sterling · Coins of the pound sterling · Economy of the United Kingdom  · Sterling Area

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