Pipe Major Colour Sergeant Peter Grant played Flowers of the Forest after Prince Philip's coffin was lowered into the Royal Vault in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

The song is the funeral tune of the Royal Regiment of Scotland and is usually heard on Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday, with the 4th Battalion’s Pipe Major tasked with playing it in the event of the Duke of Edinburgh's death.

Mr Grant, from Braemar, said Saturday’s funeral was “very fitting” as he reflected on his role in the service.

Speaking to the BBC’s Good Morning Scotland programme, he said: “It was a very emotional moment but at the same time a proud moment and probably the greatest honour of my military career.”

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