King Charles’ ‘hot equerry’ Major Johnny Thompson announces engagement
nypost.com“Major Eye Candy” by social media users, Major Thompson caught the public’s eye at the king’s coronation in May 2023.Since then, he has attracted a cult-like following by admirers who have spotted him at various royal engagements.“The engagement is announced between Lieutenant Colonel Jonny Thompson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alan Thompson of Morpeth, Northumberland, and Olivia Rose, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Lewis OBE of Primrose Hill, London,” the pair’s engagement announcement reads, per The Times.The royal aide’s soon-to-be wife is the daughter of Simon Lewis, a former communications secretary to the late Queen Elizabeth II.He later served as the director of communications for former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who was in office from 2007 to 2010.Olivia, 33, boasts her own connections to the royal family, having previous worked as a PR exec for King Charles and Queen Camilla.
News of Thompson’s engagement came to light in February, two years after he separated from his wife Caroline, whom he wed in 2010.
The exes share one son.Thompson then met his fiancée while working for the Firm. At the time, she had been working for the king and queen’s foreign and Commonwealth team, which she left in January 2023.
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