Queen Elizabeth’s Alarm Clock Is Live Bagpipes

Forget the classic alarm clock noise: Queen Elizabeth’s day begins with the sound of live bagpipes every morning. A musician, titled Piper to the Sovereign, plays the bagpipes at 9 o’clock a.m. for 15 minutes within earshot of her window every morning. Wherever the Queen sleeps—Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, or Balmoral—her bagpiper is there to get her day going. However, the musician reportedly does not join her at Sandringham. According to Tatler, “they never have room to put him up.” Former Pipe Major Gordon Webster served as the Queen’s piper from 1995 to 1998, and said he had to memorize… Read Full Article