Medical Officer to The King
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A Medical Officer to The King (or Queen) accompanies the monarch on overseas tours.
He is normally a senior Royal Navy surgeon. He is not, strictly, a member of the Medical Household of the Royal Household of the sovereign of the United Kingdom.
During Royal Tours, he is described as "The Medical Officer to The King/Queen Abroad."
List of officers
- Surgeon Captain David Hett CVO MRCS LRCP FRCA Royal Navy 2007–2023[1]
- Surgeon Captain David Swain CVO MB ChB FFARCS DA DObst RCOG QHP Royal Navy 1993–2007
- Surgeon Captain Professor Sir Norman Blacklock KCVO OBE MB ChB MSc FRCS Royal Navy 1976–1993[2]
- Surgeon Commander Philip Fulford MVO Royal Navy 1967–1977
- Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir Derek Steele-Perkins KCB KCVO FRACS DLO QHS c.1953–c.1963[3]
- Surgeon Rear-Admiral Sir Henry White KCVO OBE MB ChB MD FRCSEdin c.1920–c.1947
