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Sir William Heseltine obituary
Modernising and preferred private secretary to the Queen who helped open up the royal household to public and pressSir William Heseltine, who has died aged 96, has a strong claim to have been one of the most consequential royal courtiers during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, and was perhaps her favourite. Not only was he the first Australian to enter the tweedy aristocratic atmosphere of the royal household, but during his 27 years at the palace, rising from an assistant information officer to
Modernising and preferred private secretary to the Queen who helped open up the royal household to public and pressSir William Heseltine, who has died aged 96, has a strong claim to have been one of the most consequential royal courtiers during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, and was perhaps her favourite. Not only was he the first Australian to enter the tweedy aristocratic atmosphere of the royal household, but during his 27 years at the palace, rising from an assistant information officer to
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