Who Is on the British Royal Staff?
Meet Some of the Royal Family's Important Household Support
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Equerries, drawn from senior officers in the armed services, are essentially personal attendants to the sovereign. At least one senior equerry is with the sovereign every day, and the others split their time between royal duties and other official duties. Senior members of the royal family may also have an equerry to assist them. The role of equerry to the sovereign often results in a close connection between the royals and the equerry — most famously in the case of Group Captain Peter Townsend, the equerry to George VI who became the first love of Princess Margaret.