{"id":317992,"date":"2025-08-04T20:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T20:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/317992\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T20:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T20:04:12","slug":"sutherland-harpist-jennifer-port-performs-for-king-charles-at-private-castle-of-mey-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/317992\/","title":{"rendered":"Sutherland harpist Jennifer Port performs for King Charles at private Castle of Mey reception"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Sutherland musician is thrilled to have had the honour of performing for King Charles.<\/p>\n<p>Professional harpist and singer Jennifer Port, from Golspie, performed at a private reception at the Castle of Mey on Saturday, August 2.<\/p>\n<p>The king is currently staying at the castle and has been carrying out a number of official duties. He is due to visit and unveil a plaque at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northern-times.co.uk\/news\/5-million-brora-community-hub-to-get-royal-seal-of-approval-388463\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Clyne School<\/a>, work on which is nearing completion, on Wednesday, August 6.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer, who kept the royal invitation a secret, said the king had thanked her for entertaining his guests and had asked about her musical career.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1324 2048\" alt=\"Professional harpist and singer Jennifer Port played at a private reception at the Castle of Mey.\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"7TOGPVTZXEG6J4HR92D6.jpg\" data-ar=\"0.65\"\/>Professional harpist and singer Jennifer Port played at a private reception at the Castle of Mey.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rthmb\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns=\" http:=\"\" viewbox=\"0 0 1536 2048\" alt=\"Jennifer met King Charles who asked her about her career.\" data-root=\"\/_media\/img\/\" data-path=\"OQM5GBSB1SF6Q166OHG4.jpg\" data-ar=\"0.75\"\/>Jennifer met King Charles who asked her about her career.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cIt was my honour to perform for His Majesty. The king was very kind, taking the time to speak with me and to express his thanks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sutherland Lord-Lieutenant Patrick Marriott said: \u201cI am delighted that Jennifer Port was invited to play for His Majesty the King and his guests at the Castle of Mey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA gifted musician, Jennifer personifies the musical depth and talent in Sutherland. Her playing will have given those present a great example of skill, of style and of quality. My congratulations to her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    Do you want to respond to this article? If so, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northern-times.co.uk\/response\/?popform=true&amp;Url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.northern-times.co.uk%2fnews%2fsutherland-harpist-jennifer-port-performs-for-king-charles-a-388893%2f&amp;Title=Sutherland+harpist+Jennifer+Port+performs+for+King+Charles+at+private+Castle+of+Mey+reception\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>here<\/b><\/a> to submit your thoughts and they may be published in print.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Sutherland musician is thrilled to have had the honour of performing for King Charles. Professional harpist and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7730,7731,5554,1760,1501,7710,519,5900],"class_list":{"0":"post-317992","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-charles","10":"tag-charles-iii","11":"tag-community","12":"tag-king-charles","13":"tag-latest-news","14":"tag-royal-families","15":"tag-royal-family","16":"tag-update-me"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114972292774074766","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}