Captain Sir Nicholas Peter Wright, KCVO (born 1949) was

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to The

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from 2002 to 2019. On his retirement from the post he was appointed an Extra Equerry to Her Royal Highness from 1 February 2019. He was educated at

Ampleforth College Ampleforth College is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in the English public school tradition located in the village of Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, England. It opened in 1802 as a boys' school, it is situated in the groun ...

, the

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, Dartmouth, and the

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. Commissioned into the

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in 1968 as a Supply and Secretariat Branch officer, he served in HMS ''Whitby'' and HMS ''Diomede'' 1969–1973, and was flag lieutenant to the

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Medway 1973–1975. In 1976–1977 he was deputy supply officer in the guided missile destroyer HMS ''Norfolk''. From 1978 to 1980 he was on the staff of the Headquarters Allied Forces Northern Europe,

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appointment). In 1980–1982 he was Supply Officer of the frigate HMS ''Lowestoft''. In 1982–1984 he was assistant secretary to the

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in Main Building,

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, and from 1985 to 1987 on the staff of the

, Dartmouth. From 1987 to 1989 he was deputy supply officer in the aircraft carrier HMS ''Illustrious'' and, after promotion to commander, he was secretary to the

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from 1989 to 1991. In 1992–1994 Wright served in the Royal Yacht ''Britannia'' as Supply Officer, and was then secretary to the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (1995–1997) in

. He was promoted to captain in 1997. In 1998–2000 he was chief staff officer (personnel) to Flag Officer Naval Aviation at

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(HMS ''Heron''). His last post was as executive assistant to Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic Command, in Norfolk, Virginia, from 2000 to 2002. He retired from the

in 2002 and joined the Office of the Princess Royal. The

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of The

provides the administrative support to Her Royal Highness The

, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II. It is based at Buckingham Palace, and is headed by the

. The Household is separate from the Royal Household and is funded from the Civil List annuity paid to The

for her public duties – which is however reimbursed to

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by Her Majesty The Queen. Wright was appointed

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, o ...

(LVO) in the

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and

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(CVO) in the 2010 Birthday Honours. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) on 11 December 2018 upon relinquishing his role as Private Secretary.

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