Queen forced to miss Guards event
THE Queen has sent her “warmest good wishes” from Balmoral to those attending a service marking the 50th anniversary of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.
The head of state was due to travel by helicopter to the event in the grounds of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh yesterday.
However, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday night she would no longer attend as predicted bad weather could disrupt her travel plans.
The Duke of Kent, the regiment’s deputy colonel-inchief, attended the drumhead service commemorating the formation of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in 1971, having been due to accompany the Queen, the regiment’s Colonel-in-Chief.
Leading the service, the Regimental Association chaplain the Rev John Murdoch highlighted the regiment’s service in Afghanistan, including Kabul, seven years ago.