Prince William gave one of the Queen's most senior officers 'a piece of his mind' after a Palace coup led to the ousting of the one courtier insiders believe could have averted 'Megxit'.
The man at the centre of the row was Sir Christopher Geidt, a former navy intelligence officer, who loyally served the Queen for 15 years as her private secretary.
He used to be sensationally compelled to stop in 2017 after falling out with both King Charles and Prince Andrew.
A new book claims the 'unkind' way in which Sir Christopher, now Lord Geidt, was handled incensed William so lots that he spoke to the head of the monarch's household – the then Lord Chamberlain, Earl Peel – and made his emotions plain.



Lord Geidt's fall from grace left such a gap in the Palace equipment – specially in dealings between the Queen's office and other household members – that it paved the way for Harry and Meghan's acrimonious departure from the Royal Family, multiple sources have instructed the Mail.
The crisis is revisited in the captivating new e book Courtiers by using journalist Valentine Low, detailing the inner story of the humans who work for the Royal Family and the energy they wield.
Imposing former Army officer Lord Geidt is described by way of Low as having 'something of the Bond villain about his appearance'.
He joined Buckingham Palace in 2002 and rapidly rose thru the ranks to grow to be the monarch's right-hand man and conduit with the Government.



He was viewed as fairly successful at his job and made a point of stalking the corridors of the palace, speakme to as many contributors of the family as feasible in order to be the eyes and ears of the monarchy in all matters personal and professional.
'When you had been having a dialog with Christopher, you relatively a whole lot knew he did not have to go and check. Either he knew that that was once what the Queen thought, or it is what she would prefer anyway, due to the fact he used to be just so entwined in her thinking,' the e book quotes a supply as saying.





It says that even though he once loved a correct relationship with King Charles, the two guys fell out over a number of issues.
He also developed a thorny relationship with Charles's own personal secretary, Sir Clive Alderton.
One point of contention used to be his failure to back the then Prince of Wales' diagram to structure a consortium to purchase Dumfries House, an 18th-century property in south-west Scotland, as an HQ for his charity.
Lord Geidt thought this go would depart the heir to the throne financially exposed.
He used to be also believed to have over-reached his remit when, in 2017, he referred to as a assembly of all the royal households in the palace ballroom to announce the retirement of the Duke of Edinburgh from reliable duties, a story scooped via the Daily Mail.





He also took the possibility to tackle his audience about the family's future, setting emphasis on how the three households – Buckingham Palace, Clarence House and Kensington Palace – would want to begin pulling together in the future, which did now not go down nicely internally. He lost his job three months later.

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