The late Queen reportedly declined to inaugurate an airport terminal after a relative was prevented from boarding a plane with his firearms on his way to visit her at Balmoral, he has claimed. ‌

Lord Ivar Mountbatten, a first cousin once removed of the late Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, disclosed that he was barred from carrying his shotguns on a flight from Bristol to Aberdeen . ‌

Speaking on Gyles Brandreth's Rosebud podcast, he recounted how a "sweet check-in lady" informed him that the hold was accessible from the cabin and thus his guns would not be secure, despite him telling a manager: "The Queen's sending me a car and she's expecting me for tea." ‌

Ultimately, his firearms were stored in the police armoury at the airport and Lord Ivar proceeded to Scotland to joi

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