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unusual facts about Private Secretary to the Sovereign



Alexander Hardinge, 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst

Alexander Henry Louis Hardinge, 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst GCB GCVO MC PC (17 May 1894–29 May 1960) was Private Secretary to the Sovereign during the Abdication Crisis of Edward VIII and during most of the Second World War.

Lord-in-Waiting

For example, Lord Janvrin who was, until 2007, the Private Secretary to the Queen, was installed upon his retirement as a life peer in the House of Lords and serves as one of Her Majesty's Permanent Lords-in-Waiting.

Stuart Shilson

Stuart Shilson LVO was the Assistant Private Secretary to The Queen in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom from 2001 until 2004, when he returned to management consultants McKinsey & Company, for whom he had formerly worked.

Tim Hitchens

Timothy Mark Hitchens, CMG, LVO (born 1962) is a British diplomat and a former Assistant Private Secretary to the Queen in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, 1999-2002.


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