An equerry is an officer of honour. Historically, it was a senior attendant with responsibilities for the horses of a person of rank. In contemporary use, it is a personal attendant, usually upon a so
Three mounted equerries in waiting at the Queen's Birthday Parade in 2018: Colonel Toby Browne (the Crown Equerry), Lieutenant Colonel Michael Vernon (an extra equerry), Major Nana Twumasi-Ankrah (Equerry in waiting).
Pallbearers at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022: Lt-Col Richards (bottom left), senior equerry since 1999, escorted the coffin on the right-hand side, followed by five former equerries and an extra equerry; out of shot, the junior equerry led a parallel group on the left-hand side.
An aide-de-camp is a personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank, usually a senior military, police or government officer, or to a member of a royal family or a head of state. The term co
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…use, it is a personal attendant, usually upon a sovereign, a member of a royal family, or a national representative. The role is equivalent to an aide-de-camp, but the term is prevalent only among some members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Australian equerries are commissioned officers in the Australian…
A French Imperial Army aide-de-camp (right)
An officer of the Bangladesh Armed Forces serving as aide-de-camp to President Hafizuddin Ahmed
Aide-de-camp Colonel Jean-Claude Cloutier with lieutenant-governor of Quebec Lise Thibault in 2006
Royal Canadian Navy shoulder boards worn by honorary aides-de-camp to the lieutenant-governors of British Columbia (left) Quebec (centre), and New Brunswick (right)