Graeme Souness reveals why he ordered Rangers Queen portrait for dressing room as he shares poignant encounter
dailyrecord.co.ukGraeme Souness has revealed how he was behind the portrait of the Queen which takes pride of place in the Rangers home dressing room at Ibrox Stadium.
The legendary former boss admitted it was one of his first acts when he kicked off his Light Blues revolution in the 1980s. Souness, writing in his Daily Mail column, told how he felt it was important for the club as a “Protestant institution”.
The 69-year-old also spoke about his meeting with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as the nation mourns her passing. He said: “One of the first things I did when I became Rangers manager, seven years earlier, was ask our kitman, Doddie Soutar, to get me the biggest portrait of our Queen that he could find, which we hung on the home dressing room wall.
It was important to me that the club, a Protestant institution, should have it there. It has remained there to this day. I was one of the few very fortunate people to meet the Queen when she came to Anfield in 1993 to visit the Hillsborough Disaster Memorial.
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