A man who has contributed to life-saving work in the west of Scotland says he was “taken aback” when he received an invitation to the Queen’s state funeral. Stuart McLellan, from Renfrewshire, was made an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in June.
He is one of nearly 200 people from the June list to have been invited to attend her state funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday. “It’s a massive occasion,” Mr McLellan told the PA news agency. “I was actually quite taken aback when I got the phone call to ask if I would like to be part of it.
“It’s a sad occasion… I’m in a lot of organisations that the Queen has been sovereign head of, I’ve never had the opportunity of meeting the Queen, but the fact that I’ve actually been included as one of the last MBE recipients under the Queen has been pretty remarkable. I’m delighted to be included. I think it’ll be a sad occasion, but it’ll be nice to be part of a historic event.”
