- Lord Ivar Mountbatten, a relative of the late Queen Elizabeth, was prevented from taking his shotguns on a flight from Bristol to Aberdeen.
- The incident occurred as he was travelling to Balmoral to join the Queen for a shooting weekend.
- Airport staff deemed the plane's hold insecure for the firearms, despite Lord Ivar explaining his royal destination.
- Upon hearing the account, Queen Elizabeth became 'rather irritated' and dispatched her equerry to arrange for the guns' transportation.
- The Queen then quipped that she would refuse to open the airport's new terminal, which was subsequently opened by the Princess Royal.
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