![]() She made you feel like she was just your granny.”ĭuring his time as the Queen’s Piper, Mr Methven lost his mother and wife to terminal illnesses as well as his father within the space of eight months. “I remember King Charles III pulled me to the side and he said to me ‘Can I just say, every time I see you with Ma’ma you make her really happy, please just keep doing what you’re doing.’ It was just a great relationship. I said ‘I do beg your pardon, good afternoon Your Majesty’ and she grabbed me by the arm and said ‘Pipes, it has been 60 years since somebody called me Your Royal Highness and I quite liked it.’ It was brilliant and she was laughing. Thunderstruck bagpipe player professional#The professional bagpiper recalled accidentally calling the Queen Your Royal Highness in Windsor during the Royal Ascot week. Pipe Major Scott Methven spoke about his memories (Image: PA) ![]() “I think that is one thing I loved about the Queen, she was so easy-going and funny.” “Up in Balmoral it was such good fun, the duke would try and trip me up, put his foot out and things like that, things people wouldn’t expect. I would go around the tables and it would be like Top Gun and the Prince of Wales (now King Charles) had asked if I could do AC/DC Thunderstruck. The invited guests hadn’t arrived so I said I would mix it up and I did movies on the bagpipes. He continued: “I remember one night, it was just the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, and several other members of the family. She was just the most easy-going person to work for.” She set the bar so I continued with it and we just used to have a laugh. “I didn’t expect it from the Queen if that makes sense. The first time when I was appointed, she turned around and said to me ‘Look, the only reason you got this job is because you’re the same height as me’ and then she just walked away. It was just always one-liners, I had so much sort of banter with the Queen, it was great. The Pipe Major revealed: “She had really a quick wit as is well-documented. ![]() The Queen's former piper said he was "devastated" by the monarch's passing (Image: BBC) READ MORE: The tiny details you might have missed as The Queen began her final journey back to London Scott Methven spoke to the PA news agency about his "surreal" time living at Buckingham Palace and recalled the “banter” he had with the “easy-going and funny” monarch during his four-year tenure in royal service. Pipe Major Scott Methven worked for The Queen until 2019 and has shared a handful of stories from the four years he spent as the monarch's piper. ![]() One member of Her Majesty's staff has recalled a number of anecdotes from his time working for The Queen as her piper. While each of these messages offer a glimpse into the irrepressible sorrow felt by her family, others who knew the late monarch have opted to share happy and joyful stories to celebrate her memory. The King offered his thanks to his late mother during his first televised address to the nation and The Prince of Wales spoke of "life without Grannie" in a heartfelt statement. Following on from Her Majesty The Queen's death at Balmoral Castle at the age of 96, countless tributes from global figures and members of her family continue to flood in. ![]()
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