Bagpipe covers made in Whitehaven to feature on Netflix The Crown

Bagpipecovers.com, based at Haig Enterprise Park, has provided three bagpipe covers and three sets of ribbons for the next series of ‘The Crown’.

The smash hit historical drama series tells the story of Queen Elizabeth II and the political and personal events that shaped her reign.

Working with its sister business Haig Embroidery, Bagpipecovers.com provides bagpipe covers and accessories to customers all over the world.

Alasdair MacDonald, owner of the company, said the piper who was asked to play on the Netflix series as the Queen’s piper is one of their customers.

He got in touch with Mr MacDonald to provide the items when filming of the series began at the beginning of March.

One of the bagpipe covers and ribbons made in Whitehaven that will feature on The Crown (Image: Bagpipecovers.com)

Mr MacDonald said: “The Crown contacted us after that to order more items for a scene that was going to be for Charles and Camilla’s wedding. They were going to have three or four pipers in that scene.”

The company has provided covers to many regimental and military customers and a number of famous customers over the years, including several for the late Queen’s personal pipers, Roy Wood, Alastair Campbell and the Red Hot Chilli Pipers.

Bagpipe covers produced by the Whitehaven-based company for The Red Hot Chilli Peppers (Image: Bagpipecovers.com)

Mr MacDonald said he was pleased to hear that King Charles III was keeping his late mother’s tradition alive of having a personal piper.

Bagpipecovers.com has been in business for nearly 20 years, after Mr MacDonald, who is originally from Glasgow, moved to the area to work at Sellafield in the 1990s.

He later decided to set up his own business after seeing a gap in the market.

Mr MacDonald praised the 'fantastic' team of skilled machinists, Louise, Lynette, Mandy and Angela, who 'make the work possible'.