On Queen Elizabeth II's final morning, he woke her by playing below her window.
As the monarch's body is slowly lowered from public view at St George's Chapel, Pipe Major Paul Burns of The Royal Regiment of Scotland will play her out.
After the monarch is honoured by her children, grandchildren and a grateful nation, the nation will fall silent.
A two-minute silence will be observed in the UK before Last Post plays at the Abbey.
The King and members of the Royal family will be joined in that final moment of reflection by world leaders and people from all corners of the globe. The Queen dedicated her life to these people.
They will pay homage to that historic reign.
The funeral service will end with the Queen's piper playing a song.
After lifting the coffin from the catafalque, the bearer party will return to the state gun carriage.
The Prince and Princess of Wales and members of the Royal family will walk in a procession.
The committal service at St George's Chapel, Windsor, attended by family members and Royal household staff past and present, will bring to a close the moment so many have feared.
There is a doorway between the chapel and the Dean's Cloister where the Queen's coffin will be lowered.
As he walks slowly towards the Deanery, the music in the chapel will start to fade.
The symbolism of the moment will not be lost on anyone.
The Queen bids farewell to the nation as the music stops and the coffin is lowered.
Every morning the Queen's piper played for 15 minutes under her window.
One of the highest honors a piper can receive is the position. He's the only non-royal allowed to wear the tartan.
Queen Victoria first heard bagpipes in 1842 when she and Prince Albert visited the Highlands.
She was taken with the idea that they were staying at a castle with a piper.
She told her mother that she would like to have a piper at Frogmore if she liked it.
The piper's services were retained by successive monarchs.
The former royal piper recalled her quick wit and kindness this week.
He said that the monarch pulled it out of the bag for him when his wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
The Queen had a basket of strawberries and muffins sent to her nurses after she was taken to the hospital to make sure their two children were cared for.
She supported me with everything that happened in my life.
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