Balmoral guards asked to "pipe down"
Their piper has agreed to play later in the morning after complaints
Soldiers guarding the Queen at Balmoral say they will not play the pipes to early in the morning after complaints.
The Royal Guard had been playing "wake up" at 6am - but a spokesman's told the local community Facebook page that it will now be moved to 7am on weekdays - and there will be no pipe calls at the weekend.
Robert Weir says there has been a "number of (somewhat) polite requests....to my staff (Could I ask that you don't swear at the soldiers) and so in the spirit of community I have decided to break with military tradition..."
But all the dozens of replies to the post say they would rather the piper played at the earlier time - one mum who lives nearby said it helped wake their teenagers up in the morning.
Her Majesty traditionally spends the summer at her home in Aberdeenshire.
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