Elizabeth Buchanan

Who is Elizabeth Buchanan?

Elizabeth Faith Currer Buchanan, CVO was formerly Private Secretary to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

Buchanan worked in public relations. She was a spokeswoman for United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and a political adviser to Cecil Parkinson and Paul Channon at the Department of Transport.

She then worked for a public relations firm run by Timothy Bell, from which she was assigned in 1998 on a two year secondment to the Office of the Prince of Wales as Assistant Private Secretary. She stayed however until 2002, when she became Deputy Private Secretary. She was made Private Secretary to The Prince in 2005.

Already a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, Buchanan was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 2009 New Year Honours.