Prince William ‘furious’ at ousting of Queen Elizabeth’s private secretary in power struggle
08.10.2022 - 07:05
/ msn.com
Lord Geidt, formerly Sir Christopher Geidt, was ousted from the Royal Household in 2017 after falling foul of the two brothers in his bid to modernise the monarchy. He had acted as a mentor to Prince William for years - ensuring he spent plenty of time with the late Queen on both official and personal business, giving him the chance to learn the ropes and observe how she got things done. One source said: “William was furious.
He spoke to his grandmother and father. “He felt Christopher had worked to modernise the institution and bring it closer together. He was concerned about the way it had been handled, and how Christopher had been treated.
”The book, Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind the Crown by Valentine Low, also revealed that Margaret Thatcher needed a whisky after her weekly audience with the late Queen. Lord Butler, Thatcher’s former private secretary, described how the then prime minister would join him and Sir Philip Moore, the Queen’s assistant private secretary, after the meeting for a debrief. “Margaret Thatcher was notoriously quite tense with the Queen,” said Lord Butler.
“She needed a whisky afterwards. ”Lord Geidt had been the late Queen’s private secretary for 10 years. His tenure came to an abrupt end amid differences over how to manage the transition of power between the late monarch and her eldest son.
When told he had been let go, the new Prince of Wales is said to have gone to see Earl Peel, the Lord Chamberlain, to give him a piece of his mind. “He was really angry about it, not necessarily because it was the wrong decision,” said a source. “He just thought it was handled very unkindly for a man who was a pillar of the institution of the monarchy, but had also played an incredibly important
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