Scott Methven describes his relationship with the queen as being full of lighthearted "banter" and "one-liners" (via People). The monarch even enjoyed ribbing him good-naturedly about his short height, but it was during a personal crisis that the queen truly came through.
In 2017, Methven and his family were staying in Balmoral so he could continue his duties during the queen's summer vacation. His wife, Morven, had been feeling ill, and the royal physician advised her to go into the hospital for tests. The news was grim and Morven had end-stage metastatic cancer. Following the diagnosis, Methven was prepared to play his evening shift, but the queen wouldn't hear of it. "Her Majesty says to me 'No. You're not playing. You're going to go to the hospital right now and sit with your wife.'" The palace staff looked after Methven's young children so that he could be at Morven's side.
In the months that followed, Methven had to cut back on his duties in order to support Morven through her cancer treatments. The queen resisted the British Army's suggestion that he be replaced with a less busy piper. Methven recalls, "She said 'I've got one Queen's Piper. And the reason he isn't here is that he's away caring for his wife. So, you are not replacing him under any circumstances.' ...To have someone of that position do that ... she was just brilliant."
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