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CLAN COURIER

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TAKE TO THE FLOORS

This year’s Massed Pipe Band Day at Floors Castle will take on added poignancy as it is the first since the late 10th Duke of Roxburghe died.

Guy Innes-Ker, who had held his title since 1974, died in August 2019 at his ancestral home of Floors Castle in the Scottish Borders, following a lengthy battle with cancer.

The Duke is survived by his wife Virginia, the Duchess of Roxburghe, his five children and five grandchildren.

The Duke’s eldest son,

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