"The position was created by Queen Victoria in 1843, and Queen Elizabeth enjoyed the special tradition following her Accession to the Throne in 1952."
During the lifetime of Charles' mother, the late Queen, the piper would play the bagpipes at 9am for 15 minutes when she was in residency at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, the Palace of Holyroodhouse or Balmoral.
Since Queen Victoria - who was Elizabeth's great-great-grandmother - created the position in 1843 there have been 17 pipers to date.
The piper's morning performance is split into two sessions of seven minutes, with one minute separating the two segments to adjust and tune the traditional Scottish instrument.
As part of the role, the Pipe Major is the only non-royal permitted to wear Balmoral tartan, and other responsibilities include meeting and greeting people at official engagements before they are presented to the monarch.
The piper is a member of the Royal Household as part of the role and travels to wherever the monarch is based at any particular time whilst maintaining quarters at Buckingham Palace in London.
Pipe Major Paul Burns played the lament Sleep, Dearie, Sleep to mark the moment that the Queen’s coffin left Westminster Abbey at the end of her State Funeral on September 19 before she made her final journey to St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle to be laid to rest.
