Councillor heading for the royal wedding
SENIOR politicians may not have been invited to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle but a Scottish councillor has made the list.
Robert Moran, former provost of Inverclyde, was nominated by the Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire Guy Clark for his community work and for helping to organise a visit by the Queen to Greenock in 2012.
The Labour councillor and his partner Margaret will be among 1,200 members of the public invited into the grounds of Windsor Castle to watch the arrivals of the bride and groom and their guests at St George’s Chapel, and see the newlyweds start their carriage procession through Windsor.
Mr Moran said: “I’m very humbled and surprised, and in fact I got such a shock I called one of my colleagues to see if he had received a letter as well.
“He said no and hadn’t heard about anyone else, so I got it checked out in case someone was winding me up.
“I checked with the chief executive’s secretary who said it was genuine and they phoned Guy to confirm it was a genuine letter.
“By that point I was mystified but he said it was because of the work I did when Her Majesty came in 2012. That in itself was an honour.”