monarch’s funeral on Monday. Matthew Magee — who measures 7 feet, 2 inches tall — walked ahead of the queen’s coffin during an outdoor procession, with many taking to Twitter to ask the identity of the “insanely tall” mystery man. “That very tall man in the funeral procession, a member of the royal household, must be the royal light bulb changer!” one quipped.
"Like losing a family member": Ex-Queen's Guard known for silence speaks out on the Queen's death
13.09.2022 - 15:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
One of the notoriously silent Queen’s Guard members has spoken out about ‘what an honour and a privilege’ it was to serve the former head of state. Councillor James Watson who gave almost 20 years of his life to the army has compared the ‘emotional’ loss of Queen Elizabeth II like ‘losing a family member’.
The 43-year-old explained that the sense of duty and the years protecting the Queen meant her death was an emotional day for him and many others who served in the Queen’s Guard. He signed up at 16 after being told he would be the ‘personal bodyguard to the Queen’, an experience which he described as ‘mesmerising’.
Part of the Irish Guard, the Independent Network councillor for Atherton also served in six operational tours as part of his dual military role in South Armagh, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan between 1996 and 2015.
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“It was an emotional and upsetting day for me personally,” he said, speaking about the day of the Queen’s death on September 8. “We swore allegiance to the Queen rather than the royal family as a whole.
“The military has a really strong association with the monarch, particularly the Queen’s Guard. It is that sense of duty that gets me.
“It was like losing a family member or someone from your regiment. Every day was about the Queen and protection.
“To put on that scarlet tunic and bearskin hat, it was like putting on a superhero costume.”
The Queen would come to inspect her personal guard once or twice a year, and although James never spoke to her, he was struck by how ‘tiny’ she was. He has spoken to some of the other senior royals
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