SCOTTISH AIRS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 1 February 1929, Page 5

SCOTTISH AIRS

I BAGPIPES FOR ROYALTY. DAILY SKIRL AT PALACE. I PUNCTUAL PIPE-MAJOR. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association —United Service.) LONDON. Jan. 31. The staff accompanying His Majesty -to Bognor include® Pipe-Major Forsyth, whose duty it is to' -play Scottish airs outside the King’s bedroom at 8 a.m. daily. Except during wet weather, the custom has continued throughout the King’s illness. Pipe-Major Forsyth is usuaillv most punctual. On the morning when the King was very ill he was a Tittle hate. The King inquired of the nurse shortly after 8 o'clock whether it was raining. Before' she could! answer, the bagpipes struck up. The King then said: “Oh no; it’s ail right.’’ The “Daily News-’ understands the engagement of -the Duke -of Gloucester to Lady Angela Scott, th© youngest of th© Duke of Bucof-eugli’s five- daughters, will be officially announced when the King has sufficiently recovered. This fulfills a long-standing} romance-. It was even rumoured in 1927 that the Duke of Gloucester was shortly to be engaged to the daughter of a famous Scottish family. Lady Angela is a pretty brunette, 23 years obi, ancl one- of the best liked among the younger set. Like the Duke, she loves the healthy open-air life, and is a good- rider at hounds. I is understood that the date for the issue of the next bulletin has' not yet been decided, but’from now on bulletins will be issued only at considerable intervals, probably only about once a week.