equerry

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Beevers plays the Equerry, a wry observer of the queen’s relationship with eight prime ministers that have shaped modern England during her reign.

From New York Times • May 9, 2015

He also served as Equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh in the early 1990s.

From BBC • May 26, 2010

Fifteen years later, exGroup Captain and Royal Equerry Peter Townsend finds a role more comfortable for a dashing fighter pilot as the author of a real-life adventure yarn.

From Time Magazine Archive

Said Equerry Major Sir John Aird, "The sounds of the shots must have made the Corsicans think someone was murdering His Highness."

From Time Magazine Archive

Lord Peter, Mouse-in-Waiting—no, that’s not the term—Mouse Equerry to the human Lord Peter Henslowe, and even better looking.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck