equerry

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The Queen Consort, aged 75, has also appointed Major Ollie Plunket as her equerry, who acts as a personal assistant.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2022

Timothy Laurence, her lover and a former equerry to the queen.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2022

Her team wants to depose Robert Ashton Olney, the prince's former royal assistant known as an equerry.

From Fox News • Jan. 31, 2022

You are correct that if you are in a receiving line on the queen’s home territories, you will receive murmured instructions from an equerry about the behavior expected.

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2021

The equerry galloped, there was a twinkle of armour among the leafy oaks, and Lot’s mind jumped to the trap.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White