The reinstatement of the Lord Provost title to Perth is still being pursued.
The historic right of the city’s civic leader to be a Lord Provost was stripped along with city status in the 1970s.
But the return last year of Perth’s right to call itself a city has led to a demand for its other prestigious title to be restored.
Provost Liz Grant said she is pursuing it on behalf of the people of the region.
She said: “Many thought it would automatically revert to Lord Provost, but it’s not that easy. It means a lot to the people of Perth because it adds to the prestige of the city and I am asked about it a lot.”
She said several potential stumbling blocks remain in the way, but she is confident they can be smoothed out before the case reaches the Queen.
She continued: “I have the full support of the Lord Lieutenant and we will be making a bid for the reinstatement of the title as a special case.
“I understand a new city has to wait 10 years before an application, but we will be making our case from the point of view that we are the ancient capital of Scotland and historically had the title.
“The other complication is that the title was Lord Provost of Perth and I am Provost of Perth and Kinross.
“The Lord Provost of a city is usually Lord Lieutenant as well, and we have a separate Lord Lieutenant, so it would have to be a special case to make a Perthshire and Kinross-shire Provost and the Lord Lieutenant is fully supportive of that.
“We’ll just have to wait and see how that goes because there are various channels it has to go through.
Provost Grant was speaking as Perth and Kinross Council unveiled a new exhibition to celebrate today’s first anniversary of the city status announcement.
A new display of key documents relating to the city’s history and the successful bid to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee civic honours competition is now on show.
City status was officially bestowed on Perth on March 14, along with Chelmsford in Essex and St Asaph in Clwyd, Wales.
The display, in the reception at the council’s headquarters at 2 High Street, includes copies of the bid document submitted to the UK Cabinet Office in May 2011.
It also contains a reproduction of the Letters Patent marking the legal change from town to city for Perth, and the 14th century copy of the charter from King William the Lion in 1210, confirming Perth’s status as a royal burgh.
Provost Grant and Lord Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross, Brigadier Melville Jameson CBE, unveiled the display.
The Provost said: “It has been an exciting year since the restoration of city status to Perth, so I am pleased that we can mark this with a public display of documents significant both to our long history and the Diamond Jubilee civic honours.
“I hope visitors to the council buildings here will find the display of interest.”
The Lord Lieutenant said: “The restoration of city status last year was a wonderful accolade for Perth. Along with the visit of Her Majesty The Queen, it was a truly historic moment in the long and distinguished history of the city and I welcome this fascinating display of these key documents.”