Queen Appoints Two New Extra Ladies in Waiting

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Lady Elizabeth Leeming and Mrs Simon Rhodes to be Extra Ladies in Waiting to Her Majesty’s household.

The role of Ladies in Waiting is to assist the Queen in undertaking duties and manging the Queen’s correspondence.

Lady Elizabeth Leeming is the daughter of the 17th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and a maternal cousin to the Queen.

Mrs Simon Rhodes is the wife of Simon Rhodes son of The Hon. Margaret Rhodes LVO a maternal cousin to the Queen.