A young Scots sailor will guard the Queen at her funeral just as his grandfather did at her coronation 70 years ago.
Murray Kerr, 20, will follow the same path as his elder on Monday, September 19, when Her Majesty is laid to rest at Westminster Abbey. His duty comes seven decades after Murray's grandfather, John, guarded the monarch on the day she was crowned in 1953.
The now 92-year-old is a retired Scots Guard who was among thousands to line the streets of London during the Queen's coronation. As soon as Able Seaman Murray learned he would be activated for duty at the funeral, he was on the phone with his grandfather to tell him of the news straight away.
