King Charles’ ‘hot equerry’ Major Johnny Thompson announces his engagement

King Charles’ right-hand man, Major Johnny Thompson, is officially off the market.

The King’s 40-year-old equerry asked the all-important question to his girlfriend of 18 months, Olivia Lewis – a London PR executive.

Dubbed “Big Eye Candy” by social media user Major Thompson attracted the attention of the public at the king’s coronation in May 2023.

He has since gained a cult-like following from admirers who have seen him at several 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 announcement said. the couple’s engagement reads, according to the Times.

The royal aide’s wife-to-be is the daughter of Simon Lewis, a former communications secretary to the late Queen Elizabeth II.

He later served as communications director for former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who served from 2007 to 2010.

Olivia, 33, has her own connections to the royal family, having previously worked as a pre-exec for King Charles and Queen Camilla.

News of Thompson’s engagement came to light in February, two years after he split from his wife Caroline, whom he married in 2010. The exes share one son.

Thompson subsequently met his fiancée while working for the firm. At the time, she worked for the King and Queen’s Foreign and Commonwealth Team, which she left in January 2023.

In December 2023, Olivia joined her family’s PR firm, Lewis Advisors, shortly after her father and older brother, Thomas, founded it.

Charles, 75, last year gave Thompson a brilliant promotionmaking it official his right hand.

Thompson, who often appears in kilts alongside the royal family, is responsible for organizing the king’s private affairs.

“The king relies heavily on him and he is a vital member of the team,” a royal source said at the time. “This promotion is a great vote of confidence.”

An equerry is an officer of the British Royal Household who assists members of the family, with Thompson caring for Charles since the death of the late Queen.

Thompson first went viral at the Queen’s funeral in September 2022. He previously served as her equerry and was her top bodyguard for a certain period.

The handsome aide was once again at the sovereign’s side at the king’s coronation on May 6, 2023, and social media users were quick to drool over his presence.

Shortly afterwards he took third place Tatler’s Social Power Indexwhich describes where the ‘real power lies in Britain’.

Thompson – who has reportedly been working with Charles since 2020 – is responsible for the “planning and implementation” of the King’s daily programmes.

Equerries are chosen from senior officers of the British Army.