PICTURES: Former Buckingham Palace guard now at Black Isle care home pays poignant personal tribute to the Queen with fellow residents
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A Black Isle care home resident once stationed at Buckingham Palace has paid a personal tribute to her late Majesty the Queen.
Billy Mackintosh, a resident at Eilean Dubh care home in Fortrose, served as a guard at the Palace in 1947.
He joined fellow residents in laying a wreath, which the residents had made themselves, in the Garden of Remembrance at Inverness Cathedral.
A card was placed inside the wreath which read: “You did the Highlands proud. Rest in Peace Queen Elizabeth II, from all the residents and carers at Eilean Dubh care home, Fortrose.” Residents later signed the Book of Condolence in Fortrose Library.
Billy said: “We all loved our Queen. May she rest in peace.”
Earlier this summer, Billy was one of several care home residents filmed for a video to commemorate Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee. He recalls the moment when Princess Elizabeth became Queen following the death of her father King George VI in 1952.
He said: “She went out as a lassie and came home as Queen. She was well loved.”
You can watch a re-edited version of the video here: https://youtu.be/onxcsS0IJYQ
