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What's life like in the Queen's inner circle?
Jim Motherwell is her personal bagpiper.
"In 1843 Queen Victoria bought Balmoral Castle and hired the first, and he was a civilian, but in the 50s and 60s it became a military appointment as you have a lot more duties.
"My father taught me, he was a piper and my grandfather was a piper. And both my boys are pipers as well.
"We got to do Desert Storm live for President Bush and the world's media...that was the most nervous I've ever been."
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