The owner of a butcher shop favoured by the Royals told how he saw the Queen three weeks ago and was shocked by her death. John Sinclair, 57, is the co-owner of HM Sheridan in Ballater, Aberdeenshire, and recalled the Queen once popping in for a chat.
The dad-of-two has worked there since 1981 and said he met the Queen around six times. Last time he saw her was three weeks ago when he arranged for a pipe band to perform for her.
John said she had been in the shop twice, once after flooding and another just to say hello. He said the Royals are able to be a normal family up north, and make their own tea and relax in jeans and Barbour jackets.
