Charlotte Manley, as soon as the personal secretary to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has been acknowledged with an honor by King Charles, following her cooperation with police concerning her tenure with the previous royal.
Manley, now 68, served as personal secretary and treasurer to the ex-prince for 2 years after his 2001 appointment because the UK’s particular consultant for commerce and funding. Previous to this, she spent 5 years as his assistant.
Yesterday, she was bestowed the title of Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order at Windsor Fort, having been named within the King’s New 12 months’s Honours Listing for 2026.
The title of Dame Commander is among the larger accolades throughout the Royal Victorian Order, an honor established by Queen Victoria in 1896 to acknowledge private service to the monarchy.
This prestigious rank is often conferred upon senior members of the royal family and people who’ve instantly served the monarch.
Studies counsel that Dame Manley requested no media pictures be taken in the course of the awards ceremony.
Dame Manley accompanied Andrew on many abroad enterprise journeys – together with to New York, Bulgaria, Brazil, Peru and Canada.
Earlier this month, she mentioned she can be pleased to talk to the police about her time serving the ex-royal, who’s at present investigation for misconduct in a public workplace.
Charlotte Manley, 68, served as the previous prince’s personal secretary and treasurer for 2 years after he was appointed the UK’s particular consultant for commerce and funding in 2001
Andrew was arrested by Thames Valley Cops on his 66th birthday on February 19 however was launched pending additional investigation
‘I’d slightly speak to the police than the press,’ she reportedly informed journalists at her Wiltshire dwelling. ‘Not that I’d have a lot to inform them.’
Andrew was arrested by Thames Valley Cops on his 66th birthday on February 19 however was launched pending additional investigation.
He’s accused of passing delicate info to paedophile financier, Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew has at all times denied any wrongdoing.
It beforehand emerged that Dame Manley had signed a cheque price £75 in June 2000 to pay a South African masseuse to attend Andrew’s rooms in Buckingham Palace.
The go to was organised by Jeffrey Epstein’s then girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Maxwell reportedly informed Monique Giannelloni, the masseuse, that she would introduce her to ‘somebody extra well-known than God.’
A matter of weeks later that individual was revealed to be Andrew, whom Ms Giannelloni met on the palace.
‘I acquired to the room and Andrew was stood there in a gown,’ she informed the Every day Mail in 2019.
‘After saying “good day”, he disappeared to the lavatory and got here again within the nude. I averted my eyes and I used to be fairly embarrassed.’
Ms Giannelloni insisted that Andrew was in any other case ‘very good and gentlemanly’ in the course of the encounter.
Dame Manley additionally helped welcome President Trump and First Woman Melania Trump to Windsor throughout their state go to final yr
Different individuals who acquired honours at Windsor Fort on Tuesday included actress Carey Mulligan and former Chief of Defence Employees Admiral Sir Tony Radakin.
Dame Manley served as an officer within the Royal Navy between 1976 and 1996 earlier than she joined the Royal Household.
After she stopped working for Andrew, she held various different royal positions, together with chapter clerk of St George’s Chapel in Windsor.
Dame Manley additionally helped welcome President Trump and First Woman Melania Trump to Windsor throughout their state go to final yr.
She beforehand acquired an OBE in 1996 and was made Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 2018.
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order is a title that recognises private service to the royal household.
Over the weekend, Andrew was noticed inspecting horses close to to his dwelling in Norfolk.
This was regardless of reviews that the previous Duke of York had been urged to cease horse driving – one among his favorite pastimes – after aides feared it could be a ‘dangerous look’.
Earlier than shifting to Sandringham a number of weeks in the past, Andrew was usually seen horse rising round Windsor.
Charles lastly kicked his brother out of Royal Lodge hours after he was seen smiling and waving on the public amid continued outrage over his hyperlinks to Epstein.
Andrew was seen cheerily greeting members of the general public as he rode his horse close to Royal Lodge on January 31 and was then seen waving whereas on the wheel of his Vary Rover two days later.
Insiders advised the images could have been the ‘ultimate straw’ in what has been a turbulent few months for the shamed former royal.
Subsequent month, Andrew is because of transfer into Marsh Farm, a five-bedroom bolthole shielded from public view by a 6ft fence.
