Medical Officer to The Queen

A Medical Officer to The King/Queen accompanies His/Her Majesty on overseas tour.

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, MRCS LRCP FRCA Royal Navy 2007–
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[1]
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[2]
Surgeon Rear-Admiral Sir Henry White, KCVO OBE MB ChB MD FRCSEdin c.1920–c.1947

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References

Elliot, C. (1991). The BBC book of royal memories. BBC Books. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-563-36008-7. Retrieved 30 April 2019. ... So a special word of thanks is due to the Medical Officer who, in most of my time reporting royal tours, travelled abroad with The Queen and who was always kind to correspondents and cameramen in need: the then Surgeon-Captain Norman Blacklock.
Parkinson, N. (1983). Fifty Years of Style and Fashion. Vendome Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-86565-031-2. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

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[Elliot_1991_p._192-1] Elliot, C. (1991). The BBC book of royal memories. BBC Books. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-563-36008-7. Retrieved 30 April 2019. ... So a special word of thanks is due to the Medical Officer who, in most of my time reporting royal tours, travelled abroad with The Queen and who was always kind to correspondents and cameramen in need: the then Surgeon-Captain Norman Blacklock.

[Parkinson_1983_p._126-2] Parkinson, N. (1983). Fifty Years of Style and Fashion. Vendome Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-86565-031-2. Retrieved 30 April 2019.