Prince Charles has attended a special re-dedication service for a war memorial first unveiled by his grandmother 50 years ago.

The Duke of Rothersay joined veterans and dignitaries at the Powrie Brae Black Watch Memorial on the outskirts of Dundee.

The bronze statue of a Black Watch soldier was first unveiled by the Prince's grandmother, the Queen Mother, half a century ago. It commemorates the sacrifice of more than 440 soldiers of the Fourth and Fifth Battalion Black Watch who died in the Second World War. Since it was first unveiled the weather has taken its toll.

£12,000 was raised for urgent restoration work for the statue. As royal patron of the Black Watch Association the Prince agreed to preside at the re-dedication ceremony.

Serving Black Watch soldiers from the Third Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland, Territorial Army soldiers and members of the local cadet force joined veterans and their families at the event.

Black Watch Association Secretary Major Ronnie Proctor, said: "The Prince has continued the great love shown for The Black Watch by the late Queen Mother and he is very much a part of the regimental family.

"It seemed very fitting that Prince Charles should echo the presence of his grandmother 50 years on."