Edward Young, LVO

Royal Victorian Order

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 is the current Deputy Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

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. He received his promotion in September 2007 after the promotion of Christopher Geidt

Christopher Geidt

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 from Deputy Private Secretary to Private Secretary, on the retirement of Sir Robin Janvrin

Robin Janvrin

Robin Berry Janvrin, Baron Janvrin, GCB, GCVO, QSO, PC was the Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II from February 1999 to September 2007. Janvrin was also a .-Early life:...

, former Private Secretary

Private Secretary to the Sovereign

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, 1999–2007.

Young had been the Assistant Private Secretary to the Queen since September 2004. He succeeded Stuart Shilson

Stuart Shilson

Stuart Shilson LVO was the Assistant Private Secretary to the Queen in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom until 2004, when he returned to the private sector....

 in the Private Secretary's Office. His replacement as Assistant Private Secretary is Douglas King.

Young worked for the international side of Barclays Bank between 1985 and 1997 where he specialised in global trade finance before holding a number of executive positions including project manager for the European Currency Programme. In 1997 he moved to Barclays' Head Office to become the bank's Deputy Head of Corporate Public Relations.

From 1999 to 2001 he was advisor to the Shadow

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 Chancellor of the Exchequer

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, Michael Portillo

Michael Portillo

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 and then to the Leader of the Opposition, William Hague

William Hague

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. In 2001, he was appointed Head of Communications at Granada

Granada

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 PLC working primarily on the merger with Carlton Communications

Carlton Communications

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 to form ITV

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 PLC in 2004. Edward Young was born on 24 October, 1966, and was educated as a boarder at Reading School

Reading School

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 in Berkshire.

In 2006, Buckingham Palace announced that in September 2007, Young would be promoted to the role of Deputy Private Secretary.

Young was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.

He was involved in the planning of Queen Elizabeth II's visit to the Republic of Ireland in 2011.