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When the Prince of Wales ascended the throne as Edward VIII on the death of George V in January 1936, Lascelles served briefly as the new King's Assistant Private Secretary, although he never saw the King during this phase.
This man was Alan “Tommy” Lascelles, former Private Secretary to George VI and Queen Elizabeth II, and the Assistant Private Secretary to Edward VIII when he was Prince of Wales. He had lived, grace-and-favour, at the Old Stables at Kensington Palace (he thought it was one of the nicest houses in England) since he retired in 1953.
- Henry Oliver
As private secretary to four successive British monarchs from King George V to the present Queen, Sir Alan ‘Tommy’ Lascelles (1887-1981) witnessed life behind palace doors at the closest of quarters.
Sir Alan Frederick " Tommy " Lascelles, GCB, GCVO, CMG, MC (/ ˈlæsəls / LASS-əlss; 11 April 1887 – 10 August 1981) was a British courtier and civil servant who held several positions in the first half of the twentieth century, culminating in his position as Private Secretary to both George VI and Elizabeth II.
Jul 6, 2022 · Sir Alan Lascelles, usually called Tommy, had been the King’s Private Secretary for most of his reign. As April came to an end, he wrote to The Times under the pseudonym ”Senex”, Latin for ”old...
May 3, 2019 · For fans of The Crown, Pip Torrens will be forever Sir Alan “Tommy” Lascelles, George VI’s much put-upon private secretary. Here’s the real deal, however, nimbly manoeuvring between MI5 and the...
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Oct 19, 2015 · Lascelles was a moral man, and the cavorting of The Prince of Wales troubled him. After a tour of Africa in 1929, he submitted his resignation along with some frank criticism of The Prince’s...
