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3 de may. de 2019 · For fans of The Crown, Pip Torrens will be forever Sir Alan “Tommy” Lascelles, George VI’s much put-upon private secretary.Here’s the real deal, however, nimbly manoeuvring between MI5 and ...
Sir Alan (Tommy) Lascelles meeting with the Queen (who is expecting her third child) to discuss the background of Anthony Armstrong-Jones the progressive pho...
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14 de sept. de 2021 · Alan "Tommy" Lascelles served four British monarchs as Assistant Private Secretary or Private Secretary from 1935 until 1953. In these important roles, Lascelles would have contact with George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth II. He kept a diary from early 1936 (about the time of George V's death) until after WWII in 1946.
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14 de sept. de 2021 · Tommy Lascelles, as he was known, was christened Alan. His uncle was 5th Earl of Harewood, whose son married George V's daughter, the Princess Royal. Won MC during WWI, served briefly in India, where he met his future wife Joan, the daughter of the Viceroy.
Alan "Tommy" Lascelles served four British monarchs as Assistant Private Secretary or Private Secretary from 1935 until 1953. In these important roles, Lascelles would have contact with George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth II. He kept a diary from early 1936 (about the time of George V's death) until after WWII in 1946.
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Sir Alan Frederick "Tommy" Lascelles, GCB, GCVO, CMG, MC (/ˈlæsəls/; 11 April 1887 – 10 August 1981) was a British courtier and civil servant who held several positions in the first half of the twentieth century, culminating in his position as Private Secretary to both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. In 1950, he wrote the Lascelles Principles in a letter to the editor of The Times ...
Lascelles writes revealingly, first-hand, about events like the Titanic and the first use of poison gas during the war. The WWI section was the best, though it makes for undeniably grim reading with his own frontline service and the loss of so many of his close friends.
