An ex-Royalty Protection officer has spoken fondly of his five years guarding the Queen, remembering chats with her about astronomy – and saying the f-word in front of her.
Duncan Gowin, 73, talked to The Mirror after visiting Buckingham Palace to pay tribute to his old boss, who he met “between 1,000 and 1,200 occasions”.
He said: “I chatted to her on many occasions. When I was at Balmoral, they would go for barbecues and come back late, around midnight.
