The Queen’s ‘Royal Bagpiper’ Apparently Plays for Her Every Morning at Balmoral
The role’s official title is Bagpiper to the Sovereign, and they play at 9am.
The position of Bagpiper to the Sovereign was recently held by Pipe Major Scott Methven, according to the Express(opens in new tab), who left in 2019 after four years in Her Majesty’s musical service. And not only did he play for her, but the Queen and the royal family even showed up for him in a moment of crisis. When Methven’s wife was diagnosed with Stage 4 terminal cancer, he told the BBC(opens in new tab), the Queen “looked after” his children, who stayed at Balmoral while Methven attended to his wife. And later, shortly before his wife passed away, the Queen gave the entire family permission to stay at Windsor Castle all together. “And that’s memories,” Methven said. Check out the full video of his interview with BBC here(opens in new tab).
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Thanks for posting that, rusty!
It feels like ALL of us have lost our “Grammie.”
She was a lovely person and a Great Queen!
She will be missed!