{"id":2079982,"date":"2025-10-09T18:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T18:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2079982"},"modified":"2025-10-09T18:00:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T18:00:23","slug":"king-given-lego-likeness-by-good-neighbours-in-royal-deeside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/king-given-lego-likeness-by-good-neighbours-in-royal-deeside\/","title":{"rendered":"King given Lego likeness by ‘good neighbours’ in Royal Deeside"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The royal minifigures and a Scots Guard were made using donated Lego collections<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The King and Queen have received miniature Lego versions of themselves as they met their “good neighbours” at a community hall in Aberdeenshire.<\/p>\n

King Charles and Queen Camilla visited the Albert Hall in Ballater to mark its 150th anniversary.<\/p>\n

They were greeted by crowds and music from the Ballater and district pipe band as they arrived on Thursday morning. Charles wore a kilt in his own King Charles tartan.<\/p>\n

The area has a long association with the royal family through their residences at Balmoral and Birkhall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The royal couple were last there in October 2022, when a reception was held to allow the King to thank the community for its support after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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King Charles is said to ‘feel totally relaxed in Ballater’<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Local musician Dr Paul Anderson composed a fiddle tune for the anniversary<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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During their visit, the royal couple meet some of the community who use the hall. <\/p>\n

A display of music and dance included the first performance of a fiddle tune composed by local musician Dr Paul Anderson for the anniversary.<\/p>\n

A framed copy of the score was presented to the monarch by Gordon Riddler, chairman of the Victoria and Albert Halls Trust.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The King was presented with a framed fiddle score<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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“People in Ballater call them good neighbours, because that’s what they are,” Mr Riddler said.<\/p>\n

“Birkhall is only three miles away and that’s where he spends most of his time.<\/p>\n

“They feel totally relaxed in Ballater because people talk to them as if they’re neighbours.”<\/p>\n

Mr Riddler added that before Charles became King, he would sometimes drive into the village while staying in Aberdeenshire, though such impromptu visits were not possible with his new role.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Nicola Reid led the local Lego club’s efforts to recreate the hall in brick form<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A representation of ‘your majesties’ was handed to the King<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Nicola Reid, the leader of Ballater Lego Club, was there to showcase a scale model of the hall built to mark the anniversary with bricks donated to the group.<\/p>\n

For the royal visit, she added minifigures representing King Charles III and Queen Camilla with a Scots Guard, meeting a model of herself in a black wheelchair.<\/p>\n

“This took weeks to do, it was a lot of work,” Nicola told the Queen, who described it as “fantastic”.<\/p>\n

“With very limited pieces and very limited time, I made a representation of your majesties,” she said as she handed the minifigures to the King. <\/p>\n

Ms Reid said afterwards that the model was a “labour of love” and the royals had seemed to “really like” the figure set.<\/p>\n

She added: “He seemed quite impressed – he might treasure it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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