Hunt-Davis in 1990 as colonel of the 7th Gurkha Rifles. A year later he left the armed forces and joined the duke’s staffAs private secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh, Miles Hunt-Davis was the duke’s most loyal and trusted aide. Tall, burly and wearing his hair en brosse, he cut the sort of distinguished figure one might expect of a man who had commanded a brigade of Gurkhas, captained a team at the World Elephant Polo Championship and stonewalled the pugnacious Michael Mansfield, QC, when questioned about the duke’s relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales, at her inquest in 2007. Hunt-Davis joined “Team Philip” in 1991 at a time of great industry. Although the duke was 70, he was still carrying out almost 600 official engagements a year; by the time he was 87, and Hunt-Davis was well past retirement age, the number of engagements had dropped,…

Source: The Times May 28, 2018 23:03 UTC