Lieutenant Colonel Tom White rumored to be Kate Middleton’s new private secretary

After we learned a few weeks ago the news that Charles III has replaced Major Johnny, his sexiest and most viral bodyguard, another ‘equerry’ or equerry of the king, who also He faithfully served Elizabeth II until his last dayshas hit the headlines.

This is a true war hero who is now called to become nothing less than in Kate Middleton’s private secretary. The Princess of Wales, who has been without a person to perform this function on her team for more than a year, has set her sights on Lieutenant Colonel Tom Whiteaccording to ‘The Times’.

The election of the late queen’s former assistant would mean a radical change with respect to the other candidate for the position, Alison Corfield, who was described in the past as an “extremely direct” person whose way of working would “shake” the palace. If the hiring of the royal’s new right-hand man is confirmed, it would mean the presence of a continuing person who has already worked at the center of the institution.

Tom White greets Boris Johnson upon his arrival at Balmoral in 2022. (Getty)

Before entering Her Majesty’s James Bond-style service, the decorated Royal Marines officer served in Afghanistan in 2009 as a member of 42 Commando. During his service in the Asian country, like Prince Harry, he helped prevent tragedy in Helmand after the Taliban planted a booby-trapped bomb at a school. Luckily, the cables located under the school door were detected before the detonation.

At the time, he was quoted as saying: “It makes your stomach turn to think what could have happened if we hadn’t found the bombs. These people They knew they could have blown up many children.and they didn’t care.”

The rumored choice of White as the princess’s private secretary would be something of a return to tradition in the Royal Housereflecting the Windsors’ close ties to the military and a bond with her late mother-in-law for the convalescent Kate, who continues to recover from the abdominal operation she underwent last January.

Kate Middleton, in a file image. (Reuters/Kin Cheung)

The British media agree that no official appointment has yet been made, but a source cited by the ‘Telegraph’ assures that the position is “likely” to be offered to Lieutenant Colonel White.

At 36 years old, the soldier would be the first man to hold this position, in a restructured Kensington Palace office overseen by a yet-to-be-named chief executive. For now, a spokesperson for the princes of Wales has confirmed that They are not going to comment on personnel recruitment issues.

Rebecca Deacon, former private secretary to Kate Middleton. (Getty)

The last person to work full-time alongside the princess was Alison Corfield, who joined her from popular chef Jamie Oliver’s team as a brand and marketing executive. Before her, her position was held Hannah Cockburn–Logie, who was hired by the princess when she was still the Duchess of Cambridge, in May 2020, after a period as a diplomat at the British High Commission in India. She left office in 2022 for personal reasons.

Cockburn-Logie had in turn replaced Catherine Quinn, who had just worked as director of operations at the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford. Kate Middleton’s first private secretary, Rebecca Deacon, He came to the position through internal promotion and was involved in a notorious love affair during his work for her.

After we learned a few weeks ago the news that Charles III has replaced Major Johnny, his sexiest and most viral bodyguard, another ‘equerry’ or equerry of the king, who also He faithfully served Elizabeth II until his last dayshas hit the headlines.

2024-02-23 13:16:12
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