{{Short description|Royal attendant}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} An '''equerry''' ({{IPAc-en|ɪ|ˈ|k|w|ɛr|i|,_|ˈ|ɛ|k|w|ə|r|i}}; from [[French language|French]] {{wikt-lang|fr|écurie}} '[[stable]]', and related to {{wikt-lang|fr|écuyer}} '[[squire]]') is an officer of honour. Historically, it was a senior attendant with responsibilities for the horses of a person of rank. In contemporary use, it is a personal attendant, usually upon a [[monarch|sovereign]], a member of a [[royal family]], or a national representative. The role is equivalent to an [[aide-de-camp]], but the term is prevalent only among some members of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
==Australia== Australian equerries are [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned officers]] in the [[Australian Defence Force]], appointed on an ''ad hoc'' basis to the [[Monarchy in Australia|King of Australia]], [[Governor-General of Australia|Governor General]], state governors or to visiting foreign heads of state.<ref>[http://www.defence.gov.au/dpe/pac/V2_Ch10_Pt3.htm PACMAN] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912121417/http://www.defence.gov.au/dpe/pac/V2_Ch10_Pt3.htm |date=12 September 2007 }}, Chapter 10, Part 3, Australian Defence Force, retrieved 20 February 2012</ref>
==Canada== Canadian equerries are drawn from the commissioned officers of the [[Canadian Armed Forces]], and are most frequently appointed to serve visiting members of the [[Monarchy of Canada|Canadian Royal Family]]. The equerry appointed for the [[Monarchy of Canada|King of Canada]] is a senior officer, typically a [[Major (Canada)|major]] or a [[Lieutenant-Commander (Canada)|lieutenant-commander]], while the equerry appointed for a child of the monarch is a junior officer, typically a [[Captain (Canada)|captain]] or [[Lieutenant (navy)|naval lieutenant]].
==New Zealand== New Zealand equerries are appointed to serve the [[Monarchy of New Zealand|monarch of New Zealand]] only for the duration of a royal visit to the country, and are always drawn from the officers of the [[New Zealand Defence Force]], typically captains, flight lieutenants, and navy lieutenants.
Flight Lieutenant [[John Hamilton (RNZAF officer)|John Hamilton]] was equerry to Queen Elizabeth II when she and the Duke of Edinburgh visited New Zealand in 1981.<ref>{{cite news |title=Queen's equerry appointed |date=29 August 1981 |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19810829.2.53 |agency=PA |work=[[The Press]] |via=Papers Past}}</ref> [[Squadron Leader]] Leanne Woon of the Operational Support Squadron, part of the [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]], was the equerry to the Queen during the most recent royal visit in 2002. She was the only woman to serve as an equerry to the monarch anywhere in the Commonwealth until the appointment of Captain Katherine Anderson Royal Artillery as the British Equerry to King Charles III in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-03|title=Meet King Charles's new eyes and ears: his first female equerry |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/king-charles-captain-anderson-first-female-equerry-3g763q7fn|access-date=2024-01-05|website=[[The Times]]|language=en-UK}}</ref><ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2002%2F02%2F23%2Fwqueen23.xml "Transsexual MP greets the Queen as she lands in New Zealand"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040817200950/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2002%2F02%2F23%2Fwqueen23.xml |date=17 August 2004 }}, ''The Daily Telegraph'', 22 February 2002</ref> Captain Sam Stevenson of the [[New Zealand Army]] served as equerry to the Duke of Cambridge during his 2005 visit to New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-04-24|title=NZ envoy among diplomatic guests|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-envoy-among-diplomatic-guests/IC527KUFNPTPSM5Y2DSEMQBJPM/ |access-date=2021-04-27|website=[[The New Zealand Herald]]}}</ref> Squadron Leader Marcel 'Shagga' Scott of the Royal New Zealand Air Force served as equerry to HRH Prince Charles in November 2012. Squadron Leader [[Tim Costley]] of the Royal New Zealand Air Force served as equerry to the Duke of Cambridge during the 2014 Royal visit to New Zealand by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince George.
==United Kingdom== {{See also|Royal Households of the United Kingdom}} [[File:Trooping the Colour 2018 (07).jpg|280px|thumb|Three mounted equerries in waiting at the Queen's Birthday Parade in 2018: Colonel Toby Browne (the Crown Equerry), Lieutenant Colonel Michael Vernon (an extra equerry), Major [[Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah|Nana Twumasi-Ankrah]] (Equerry in waiting).<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/court-circular|title=Court Circular|website=The Royal Family}}</ref>]]
In the UK equerries are appointed by working members of the [[British Royal Family|royal family]] and are drawn from junior officers of the [[British Armed Forces]] (normally captains or majors). The role involves being in regular close attendance both within the royal residence and outside on public engagements.<ref name="AllisonRiddell1991" />
The Royal Household also includes a number of "extra equerries" – honorary appointees drawn from among the current and retired senior officers of the [[Royal Household]]. They are comparatively rarely required for duty, but their attendance can be called upon if needed.
The [[Crown Equerry]] is in charge of the [[Royal Mews|Royal Mews Department]] and holds a distinct office.
Equerries, temporary equerries and extra equerries are entitled to wear [[aiguillettes]] as part of their uniform, and to wear the appropriate [[royal cypher]] below their badges of rank on the [[shoulder board]] (or equivalent).<ref>[https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/619983/2017-03109.pdf Army Dress Regulations, Part 10]</ref> Army officers serving as equerries or extra equerries may wear a distinctive [[cocked hat]] (with red and white upright feathers) when on duty in full dress uniform.
===Present day=== At the time of King [[Charles III]]'s accession to the throne, the 'Household of the former Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall' included two equerries.<ref name="BBCmainprocession" />
As of February 2024 the King's Household included individuals who have served as equerries: {| class="wikitable" ! Years !! Name !! Unit !! Notes |- | 2022– || Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan "Jonny" Thompson || [[Royal Regiment of Scotland]] || Promoted to Senior Equerry in 2023<ref name="Tele2024" /> |- | 2024–2025 |Commander Will Thornton |[[Royal Navy]] |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zamet |first=Isaac |date=2024-02-22 |title=The King has been frequently ‘reduced to tears’ by the public messages of support he has received |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/charles-iii-cancer-diagnosis |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=Tatler |language=en-GB}}</ref> |- | 2024– |Captain Hugh Scrope |[[Coldstream Guards]] |Assistant Equerry |- | 2024– |Captain Kat Anderson |[[Royal Artillery]] |Assistant Equerry; first female equerry to any sovereign<ref name="Tele2024">{{cite news |last1=Ward |first1=Victoria |title=King appoints Rishi Sunak’s former aide as first female equerry |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02/04/king-appoints-rishi-sunaks-former-aide-as-first-female-eque/ |access-date=29 June 2024 |work=The Telegraph |date=4 February 2024}}</ref> |}
Those appointed as extra equerries by King Charles III (since the year 2022) include: {| class="wikitable" ! Years !! Name !! Unit !! Notes |- | 2023 || Vice Admiral Sir [[Anthony Blackburn|Tom Blackburn]] || Royal Navy || former Master of the Household <ref name="auto"/> |- | 2023 |Lieutenant Colonel Sir [[Andrew Ford (courtier)|Andrew Ford]] |[[Grenadier Guards]]/[[Welsh Guards]] |former Comptroller, the Lord Chamberlain's Office<ref name="auto"/> |- | 2023 |Commodore [[Anthony Morrow (Royal Navy officer)|Anthony Morrow]] |Royal Navy |former commanding officer of [[HMY Britannia]]<ref name="auto"/> |- | 2023 |Admiral Sir [[George Zambellas]] |Royal Navy |former [[First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff]]<ref name="auto"/> |- | 2023 |Lieutenant General Sir [[Alistair Irwin]] |[[Black Watch]] |former [[Adjutant-General to the Forces]] <ref name="auto"/> |- | 2023 |Lieutenant General Sir [[John Lorimer (British Army officer)|John Lorimer]] |[[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]] |[[Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man]]<ref name="auto"/> |- | 2023 |Vice Admiral Sir [[Tony Johnstone-Burt|Anthony Johnstone-Burt]] |Royal Navy |[[Master of the Household]]<ref name="auto"/> |- | 2023 |Lieutenant Colonel Sir Alexander Matheson [[Clan Matheson|of Matheson]], 8th Baronet |Coldstream Guards |Senior [[Gentleman Usher]]<ref name="auto"/> |- | 2023 |Lieutenant Colonel Sir Michael Vernon |Coldstream Guards |former Comptroller, the [[Lord Chamberlain's Office]]<ref name="auto"/> |- | 2023 |Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Segrave |[[Irish Guards]] |Secretary, [[Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood]]<ref name="auto"/> |- | 2023 |[[Sir Nicholas Bacon, 14th Baronet]] | |former [[Lord Warden of the Stannaries]]<ref name="auto"/> |- | 2023 |Commander [[Richard Aylard]] |Royal Navy |former [[Office of the Prince of Wales|Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales]]<ref name="auto"/> |- | 2023 |Major General [[Arthur Denaro]] |[[Queen's Royal Hussars]] |former [[List of governors and commandants of Sandhurst|Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]]<ref name="auto"/> |- | 2023 |Sir [[Stephen Lamport]] | |former [[Office of the Prince of Wales|Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales]]<ref name="auto"/> |- | 2023 |[[Ashe Windham (equerry)|Ashe Windham]] |Irish Guards |formerly extra equerry to the [[Prince of Wales]]<ref name="auto"/> |}
Since 2022, Queen Camilla has appointed her own equerry, including: {| class="wikitable" ! Years !! Name !! Unit !! Notes |- | 2025– || Major Rob Treasure || [[The Rifles]] || |- | 2022–2025 |Major Oliver Plunket |The Rifles |<ref>{{cite news |title=Queen Consort appoints Rifles Major as her first equerry |url=https://www.forces.net/royals/news/queen-consort-appoints-rifles-major-her-first-equerry |access-date=29 June 2024 |work=Forces Net |date=27 November 2022}}</ref> |}
Other working members of the Royal Family can also appoint Equerries; in the case of more junior members the appointment might be combined with another post.<ref name="AllisonRiddell1991" /> Like the monarch, they may also appoint extra equerries.
===Past=== [[File:Queen Elizabeth II's Funeral and Procession (19.Sep.2022) - 27.jpg|thumb|right|Pallbearers at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022: Lt-Col Richards (bottom left), senior equerry since 1999, escorted the coffin on the right-hand side, followed by five former equerries and an extra equerry; out of shot, the junior equerry led a parallel group on the left-hand side.]]
For most of her reign Queen [[Elizabeth II]] maintained an establishment of two equerries plus a temporary equerry: the senior equerry was a permanent appointment (joined to the position of Deputy [[Master of the Household]]); whereas the junior equerry (who routinely held office for three years) was appointed in turn from each of the three services of the British Armed Forces.<ref name="AllisonRiddell1991">{{cite book |editor1-last=Allison |editor1-first=Ronald |editor2-last=Riddell |editor2-first=Sarah |title=The Royal Encyclopedia |date=1991 |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |page=176}}</ref> The temporary equerry was a [[Captain (land and air)|captain]] of the [[Coldstream Guards]], who provided part-time attendance, and who (when not required for duty) was assigned to regimental or staff duties.
On overseas tours to [[Commonwealth realm]]s an equerry was often appointed from the local armed forces to serve for the duration of the tour.<ref name="AllisonRiddell1991" />
At [[Funeral of Elizabeth II|her funeral]], the late Queen's senior equerry and junior equerry, ten past equerries and two extra equerries marched together as pallbearers (following a custom established by [[Queen Victoria]]);<ref name="Bland1986">{{cite book |last1=Bland |first1=Olivia |title=The Royal Way of Death |date=1986 |publisher=Constable |location=London}}</ref> in this role (which is separate from that of the bearer party which carried the coffin) they walked immediately alongside the late Queen's coffin in each of the [[State funerals in the United Kingdom|state funeral processions]] which took place in London and Windsor.<ref name="BBCmainprocession">{{cite news |title=Queen's funeral: Full guide to the gun carriage and the main procession |work=[[BBC News]] |date=19 September 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62941422 |access-date=20 September 2022}}</ref>
Individuals who served as equerry to [[Elizabeth II]] include: {| class="wikitable" ! Years !! Name !! Regiment !! Notes |- | 1952–1954 || [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] [[Sir]] [[Harold Campbell (courtier)|Harold Campbell]], [[Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|KCVO]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]]<ref name="LG1952">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39616/supplement/4198|title=Page 4198 | Supplement 39616, 1 August 1952 | London Gazette | The Gazette|website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}</ref> || [[Royal Navy]] || |- | 1952–1953 || [[Major (rank)|Major]] Sir [[Michael Adeane]], [[Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|KCVO]] [[Companion of the Order of the Bath|CB]]<ref name="LG1952" /> || [[Coldstream Guards]] || |- | 1952–1953 || [[Group Captain]] [[Peter Townsend (RAF officer)|Peter Townsend]], [[Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|CVO]] [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]] [[Medal bar|Bar]]<ref name="LG1952" /> || [[Royal Air Force]] || |- | 1952–1954 || [[Captain (land and air)|Captain]] [[John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer|Viscount Althorp]], [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page155.asp |title=Diana, Princess of Wales biography |author=[[Royal Household]] of [[Buckingham Palace]] |work=Royal.gov.uk, the official website of the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|British Monarchy]] |quote=Earl Spencer was Equerry to [[George VI of the United Kingdom|George VI]] from 1950 to 1952, and to [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|The Queen]] from 1952 to 1954. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525233322/http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page155.asp |archive-date=25 May 2014 }}</ref> || [[Royal Scots Greys]] || |- | 1952–1975 || [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] [[Patrick Terence William Span Plunket, 7th Baron Plunket|The Lord Plunket]], [[Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|KCVO]]<ref name="LG1952" /> || [[Irish Guards]] || also Deputy Master of the Household (from 1954) |- | 1952–1953 || [[Wing Commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] [[Peter Horsley]], [[Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)|AFC]] || [[Royal Air Force]] || |- | 1953|| [[Major (rank)|Major]] [[Sepala Attygalle]] || [[1st Queen's Dragoon Guards]] || |- | 1954–1957 || [[Lieutenant-Commander]] [[David Loram]], [[Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order|LVO]]|| [[Royal Navy]] || |- | 1956–1959 || [[Captain (land and air)|Captain]] [[Richard Vickers]], [[Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order|LVO]] || [[Royal Tank Regiment]] || Temporary |- | c. 1959 || [[Lieutenant-Commander]] P C D Campbell || [[Royal Navy]] || |- | 1958–1963 || [[Squadron Leader]] Henton Sylvester Carver, [[Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|CBE]] [[Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order|LVO]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rafjever.org/93sqnper016.htm |title=Air Commodore Henten Sylvester (Tony) Carver CBE, LVO |author=Jever Steam Laundry |work=www.rafjever.org, Jever Steam Laundry promotes the irreverent camaraderie that epitomised No 122 Wing at RAF Jever |quote= Tony was then OC DFCS as Sqn Ldr until November 1958 when he was selected for a long tour as equerry to [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|HM The Queen]]}}</ref> || rowspan="2" | [[Royal Air Force]] || Temporary |- | c. 1964 || [[Squadron Leader]] M J P Walmsley || |- | 1962–1965 || [[Lieutenant-Commander]] [[John Garnier (Royal Navy officer)|John Garnier]], [[Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order|LVO]] || [[Royal Navy]] || Temporary |- | 1965–1968 || [[Major (rank)|Major]] Charles Howard, [[Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order|LVO]] || [[1st Queen's Dragoon Guards]] || |- | 1968–1971 || [[Lieutenant-Commander]] [[Jock Slater]], [[Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order|LVO]] || [[Royal Navy]] || |- | 1971–1974 || [[Squadron Leader]] [[Peter Beer (RAF officer)|Peter Beer]], [[Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order|LVO]] || [[Royal Air Force]] || |- | 1974–1977 || [[Major (rank)|Major]] [[George Broke|G R S Broke]], [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]] || [[Royal Artillery]] || |- | 1976–1994 || [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] [[Sir]] [[Blair Stewart-Wilson]], [[Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|KCVO]] || [[Scots Guards]] || also Deputy Master of the Household |- | 1977–1980 || [[Lieutenant-Commander]] [[Robert Guy (Royal Navy)|Robert Guy]], [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]] || [[Royal Navy]] || |- | 1980–1983 || [[Squadron Leader]] [[Adam Wise]], [[Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order|LVO]] [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]] || [[Royal Air Force]] || |- | 1983–1986 || [[Major (rank)|Major]] [[Hugh Lindsay (equerry)|Hugh Lindsay]], [[Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order|LVO]] || [[9th/12th Royal Lancers]] || |- | 1986–1989 || [[Lieutenant-Commander]] [[Timothy Laurence]], [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]] || [[Royal Navy]] || |- | 1989–1992|| [[Squadron Leader]] [[David Walker (RAF administrative officer)|David Walker]], [[Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|OBE]] [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]] || [[Royal Air Force]] || |- | 1992–1995 || [[Major (rank)|Major]] [[James Patrick (Guards officer)|James Patrick]], [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]] || [[Irish Guards]] || |- | 1994–1999 || [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] [[Sir]] [[Guy Acland]], [[Baronet|Bt]] [[Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order|LVO]] || [[Royal Artillery]] || also Deputy Master of the Household |- | 1995–1998 || [[Lieutenant-Commander]] [[Toby Williamson]], [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]] || [[Royal Navy]] || |- | 1998–2001 || [[Squadron Leader]] [[Simon Brailsford]], [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]] || [[Royal Air Force]] || |- | 1999–2022 || [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] [[Anthony Charles Richards]], [[Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|CVO]] || [[Welsh Guards]] || also Deputy Master of the Household |- | 2001–2004 || [[Major (rank)|Major]] [[Anthony Duckworth-Chad#Family|James Duckworth-Chad]], [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]]|| [[Coldstream Guards]] || |- | 2004–2007|| [[Commander]] Heber Ackland, [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]] || [[Royal Navy]] || |- | 2007–2010 || [[Wing commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] Andrew Calame, [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]] [[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]] || [[Royal Air Force]] || |- | 2010–2012|| [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]] Dan Rex, [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]] || [[Royal Gurkha Rifles]] || |- | 2012–2015 || [[Lieutenant commander|Lieutenant Commander]] Andrew Canale, [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=2012-08-20|title=Court Circular: August 20 2012|language=en|work=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/article/court-circular-august-20-dpkfxg98dh5|access-date=2021-04-27|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> || [[Royal Navy]] || |- | 2015–2017 || [[Wing commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] Samuel P. Fletcher, [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]] || [[Royal Air Force]] || |- | 2017–2020 || [[Lieutenant-Colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]] [[Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah]], [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order|MVO]] || [[Blues and Royals]] || |- | 2020–2022 || [[Lieutenant-Colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]] Tom White [[Royal Victorian Order|MVO]]|| [[Royal Marines]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nikkhah|first=Roya (Royal Correspondent)|date=2020-11-15|title=Royal Marines buoyed to see officer land in palace as Queen's equerry|language=en|work=[[The Times]]|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/royal-marines-buoyed-to-see-officer-land-in-palace-as-queens-equerry-m0br9fbc5|access-date=2021-04-27|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> || |- |}
Those appointed by Elizabeth II as extra equerries (since the year 2000) included: * Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Segrave (Secretary, [[Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood]]) in 2019<ref name="auto"/> * Lieutenant Colonel Michael Vernon (then Secretary, Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, now Comptroller, the [[Lord Chamberlain's Office]]) in 2015<ref name="auto"/> * Vice Admiral [[Tony Johnstone-Burt]] ([[Master of the Household]])<ref>{{cite book |title=The Navy Directory 2019 |date=2020 |publisher=Ministry of Defence |location=London |page=2 |url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/-/media/royal-navy-responsive/documents/useful-resources/navy_directory.pdf}}</ref> * Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Matheson, younger [[Clan Matheson|of Matheson]] (then Secretary, Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood, now Senior [[Gentleman Usher]]) in 2006<ref name="auto"/> * Lieutenant Colonel Sir [[Andrew Ford (courtier)|Andrew Ford]] (Comptroller, the Lord Chamberlain's Office) in 2005<ref name="auto"/> * Air Vice Marshal [[David Walker (RAF administrative officer)|David Walker]] (Master of the Household) in 2005<ref name="auto"/> * Group Captain Timothy Hewlett (Director of Royal Travel) in 2001<ref name="auto"/> * Vice Admiral Sir [[James Weatherall]] (former [[Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps]]) in 2001<ref name="auto"/> * Vice Admiral [[Anthony Blackburn|Tom Blackburn]] (Master of the Household) in 2000<ref name="auto"/> * Lieutenant Colonel Robert Cartwright (Secretary, Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood) in 2000<ref name="auto"/> Senior courtiers often continued as extra equerries (or could be appointed to the position) after retirement; as such, they were sometimes called upon to represent the Queen e.g. at funerals or memorial services for former colleagues.<ref name="auto"/>
Other senior royals generally followed the Queen's pattern of appointing an equerry from one of the three armed services, in rotation; and of appointing a temporary equerry, often from a regiment with which they had personal links: e.g. the Duke of Edinburgh used to appoint a temporary equerry from the Grenadier Guards, the Queen Mother one from the Irish Guards, the Prince of Wales one from the Welsh Guards.<ref name="AllisonRiddell1991" />
== See also == {{Wiktionary}} * [[Crown Equerry]] * [[Crown Equerry (Sweden)]] * [[Batman (military)]] * [[Adjutant]] * [[Master of the Horse]] * [[Valet]]
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