Medical Officer to The King

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A Medical Officer to The King (or Queen) accompanies the monarch on overseas tours.

He is normally a senior Royal Navy surgeon. He is not, strictly, a member of the Medical Household of the Royal Household of the sovereign of the United Kingdom.

During Royal Tours, he is described as "The Medical Officer to The King/Queen Abroad."

List of officers

References

  1. "The Times, Court Circular: 30 May 2023".
  2. Elliot, C. (1991). The BBC book of royal memories. BBC Books. p. 192. ISBN   978-0-563-36008-7 . Retrieved 30 April 2019. ... So a special word of thanks is due to the Medical Officer who, in most of my time reporting royal tours, travelled abroad with The Queen and who was always kind to correspondents and cameramen in need: the then Surgeon-Captain Norman Blacklock.
  3. Parkinson, N. (1983). Fifty Years of Style and Fashion. Vendome Press. p. 126. ISBN   978-0-86565-031-2 . Retrieved 30 April 2019.