Paul Whybrew
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Role
His role as personal page to the Queen required that he catered to a significant proportion of her daily needs. He was given accommodation by the Queen at Windsor Castle, Balmoral Castle and Sandringham House.
Whybrew was one of a number of longtime staff who kept the Queen company in her final days at Balmoral.[1]
He took part in the Royal Procession at the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla as Serjeant-at-Arms.[2]
Incident
In 1982, Whybrew spoke to Michael Fagan.[3] Fagan had evaded security and broken into the royal bedroom at Buckingham Palace.
Honours
In addition to his honours, Whybrew was appointed Serjeant-at-Arms to the Queen in 2008. The role was first established in the 12th century.[3]
Whybrew was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in the 2006 New Year Honours,[4] promoted to Lieutenant of same Order (LVO) in the 2012 Diamond Jubilee Honours,[5] and promoted again to Commander of the Order (CVO) in the 2023 Demise Honours.[6] Besides this, he was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal (RVM) twice, first in Silver in the 1993 Birthday Honours[7] and then in Gold in the 2016 Birthday Honours.[8] He furthermore received the Queen Elizabeth II Version of the Royal Household Long and Faithful Service Medal for service to the Royal Family.
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Personal life
Whybrew, known as "Tall Paul", was born at Braintree, Essex, in 1959 and is Script error: No such module "convert". tall. He attended Clacton County High School. He was also known as "Tall Paul" in contrast to another of the Queen's footmen, Paul Burrell, who was known as "Small Paul".
Whybrew appeared in the Buckingham Palace scenes of the short comedic film Happy and Glorious, featured in the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics, in which the Queen is seen jumping out of a helicopter with James Bond (Daniel Craig).[10][11]
References
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