Lovat was tall, lanky, outrageously handsome and romantic, with a castle towering above the river at Beauly, near Inverness.

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He managed to avoid mortars and machine gun fire to play "The Road to the Isles" and march at Lovat's request.

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The War Office in London now forbade pipers to play in battle, but Mr Millin and Lord Lovat, as Scots, plotted rebellion.

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Millin's brigadier that day, Lord Lovat, had specifically ignored the general order against bagpipers issued for 9, 000 Scottish troops participating in the attack.

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On commando training near Fort William he had struck up a friendship with Lord Lovat, the officer in charge of the 1st Special Service Brigade.

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When Lovat had dispatched the sniper, he struck up again.

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To answer your question, I turned to someone who helps people build muscle every day, Mark Lovat, the strength and conditioning coordinator for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League.

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