King presents award to Gordonstoun’s pipe band
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he King offered his former faculty’s pipe band with a prestigious defend throughout his first Braemar Gathering as monarch.
Charles wore a brand new inexperienced, blue and pink tartan named in his honour as he accompanied the Queen to the annual occasion a brief distance from his summer time residence at Balmoral, Aberdeenshire, on Saturday.
He awarded the Championship Shield to Gordonstoun pipe band following a show of eight performances for the judges.
The King first attended the Moray fee-paying faculty in April 1962, following within the footsteps of his father Prince Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh.
He offered the defend to pipe main Scott Oliphant and college students Robert Lyall and Molly Warren.
The faculty’s pipe band consists of 35 pupils aged between 12 and 18, from nations together with the UK, Germany and Thailand.
Lisa Kerr, principal of Gordonstoun School, mentioned: “It was such a thrill for our athletes and musicians to be back at the Braemar Gathering.
“Having been the last pipe band to be awarded the Championship Shield by her late majesty, to be the first to receive the same trophy from King Charles was a remarkable honour.
“Our young drummers and pipers will long remember this very special day.”
The King not too long ago selected 4 pipers from Gordonstoun to pipe him into St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, when he obtained the Scottish Crown Jewels in July.