# Timothy Earl > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Timothy_Earl > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Timothy_Earl.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Earl > Source revision: 1240325763 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} [Colonel](/source/Colonel) '''Timothy James Earl''', [OBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) was [Private Secretary](/source/Private_Secretary) to the [Princess Royal](/source/Anne%2C_Princess_Royal) between 1999 and 2002. He was educated at [Brentwood School](/source/Brentwood_School_(Brentwood%2C_England)) and the [Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst](/source/Royal_Military_Academy%2C_Sandhurst). Commissioned into [The Life Guards](/source/Life_Guards_(United_Kingdom)) in 1964, he was promoted [major](/source/Major_(rank)) in 1976, and was later Commanding Officer of The Life Guards. He was promoted to [colonel](/source/colonel) in 1988 and attended the [Royal College of Defence Studies](/source/Royal_College_of_Defence_Studies) in 1989. He retired from the [British Army](/source/British_Army) in 1993 and became Secretary of the [Government Hospitality Fund](/source/Government_Hospitality_Fund). In 1999 he joined the [Office of the Princess Royal](/source/Office_of_the_Princess_Royal). The Household of The Princess Royal provides the administrative support to The Princess Royal, daughter of [Queen Elizabeth II](/source/Elizabeth_II). It is based at [Buckingham Palace](/source/Buckingham_Palace), and is headed by the [Private Secretary](/source/Private_Secretary). The Household is separate from the [Royal Household](/source/Royal_Household) and is funded from the [Civil List](/source/Civil_List) annuity paid to The Princess Royal for her public duties - which is however reimbursed to [HM Treasury](/source/HM_Treasury) by The King. Colonel Earl was made an [OBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) in 2000.{{London Gazette |issue=55710 |date=31 December 1999 |page=35 |supp=y }} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Earl, Timothy}} Category:Living people Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire Category:British Life Guards officers Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Category:People educated at Brentwood School, Essex Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Timothy Earl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Earl) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Earl?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.