The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (, , ) is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, and together with
NatWest and
Ulster Bank, provides banking facilities throughout the UK and Ireland. The 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. The Royal Bank of Scotland and its parent, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, are completely separate from the fellow Edinburgh based bank, the
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
Hanoverian and
Whig ties.