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Meghan Markle gets Queen's special adviser
- Meghan Markle will be taught how to be a royal by Queen's aide
- Samantha Cohen, 49, was due to leave palace after handing in her resignation
- She has agreed to say on as interim private secretary to Duke and Duchess
The Queen has lent Meghan Markle one of her most senior aides for a six month project to prepare the former actress for her new royal life.
Samantha Cohen, 49, the Queen's assistant private secretary, will make the move from Buckingham Palace to Kensington Palace, it was revealed today.
Ms Cohen's secondment is part of Meghan's plans to become an effective royal.
The former Suits star, who had a gruelling filming schedule before she married Harry, wants to stay busy in her new extraordinary life with Harry.
The new Duchess of Sussex plans to spend the rest of the year touring the country meeting charities and other good causes.
Samantha Cohen, 49, the Queen's assistant private secretary, will make the move from Buckingham Palace to Kensington Palace to advise Meghan on her royal household
A source told The Times: 'It will be six months of listening. She is seeking out advice from a range of people. She is going to proceed with humility. It is not going to be quiet, though. It is going to be a very busy office. She has worked every day of her life. She is used to a demanding schedule.'
Ms Cohen appeared to be on the way out of the royal household after an extraordinary row between her boss, Prince Charles and Prince Andrew.
She resigned 'in solidarity' with Sir Christopher Geidt, the Queen's private secretary, who suddenly announced last July he was suddenly leaving after 15 years of royal service.
Sources said he was 'forced out' because he fell out with Charles' most senior aides and Prince Andrew allegedly 'deeply dislikes him' and resented the control he had over his expenses.
Samantha also resigned but she was obviously persuaded to stay and was seen at the royal wedding on Saturday.
She is also said to have played a key role in preparing Meghan for Tuesday's Buckingham Palace garden party - her first appearance as Her Royal Highness.
Ms Cohen is expected to be a temporary replacement for Edward Lane Fox, Prince Harry's departing private secretary, until next spring.
Meghan made her first outing as the Duchess of Sussex this week as she and Prince Harry arrived at Prince Charles's 70th birthday party at Buckingham Palace, where she was given a warm welcome.
The garden party saw more than 6,000 people, all from the charities and military associations most closely linked with the Prince, descend on the grounds of Buckingham Palace for music, speeches – and, of course, a customary cup of tea and cucumber sandwich.
Ms Cohen, 49, the Queen's assistant private secretary, had given notice of her resignation last September following the ousting of Lord Geidt, 56, the Queen's private secretary, who announced last July he was leaving after 15 years of royal service. She has agreed to stay on as interim private secretary to the Duke and Duchess at Kensington Palace
Samantha Cohen also found herself at the centre of an incredible power struggle between Buckingham Palace and the Prince of Wales's Clarence House team.
The Queen's most senior courtier Sir Christopher Geidt suddenly announced in July that he was leaving after 15 years of royal service.
Sir Christopher is thought to have fallen out of royal favour amid chaotic power struggles as Prince Charles and the younger royals take on more of the Queen’s duties under ‘Operation Handover’.
The Mail then revealed that he was being followed by his assistant private secretary, Ms Cohen, the third most senior courtier in the Queen's private office
Sources said that she had quit in 'solidarity' with Sir Christopher, whose demise was reportedly sealed by a series of complaints from Charles and his brother, Prince Andrew, to the Queen who, unusually, backed her sons over her staff.
To heal the rift, the Queen has given her most trusted courtier a fitting send-off.
When Sir Christopher, 56, stepped down as her private secretary on Thursday, HM bestowed yet another knighthood on him — his third in six years — during a private audience at Balmoral.
In addition to his Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO), and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB, Sir Christopher now bears the highest insignia in the Royal Victorian Order, the Knight Grand Cross (GCVO), given to those who have served the monarch ‘in a personal way’.
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