Royal obituaries

Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, exiled heir to Italian throne who was investigated for manslaughter and vice – obituary

Monarchists tried to portray him as a glamorous figure, but even his own sister characterised him as a money-grubbing simpleton

Oliver Everett, last Royal Librarian and private secretary to Princess Diana in the 1980s – obituary

Everett went to Balmoral to agree the Princess of Wales’s royal duties but by March 1983 there were rumours of ‘bitter rows’ between them

Francis Dymoke, King’s Champion who carried the Royal Standard at the Coronation in May – obituary

He described the coronation as ‘the most meaningful day’ of his life, but noted that his wife ‘might disagree’

The Rev Paul Abram, parachuting Army padre who was later chaplain to the Tower of London – obituary

Abram was in the mould of the brave chaplains in the Second World War who dropped at Arnhem and stayed behind with the wounded

The Earl of Airlie, dashing courtier who led Schroders through the Big Bang and reviewed the royal finances – obituary

He helped Schroders to be ‘last of the great independent merchant banks’ and at the Palace he advised on the response to Diana’s death

Sir James Dunbar-Nasmith, architect who designed Sunninghill, dubbed ‘Southfork’, for the Duke of York – obituary

Sunninghill was a sprawling red brick ‘McMansion’, but Dunbar-Nasmith’s more enduring legacy was a trio of Scottish theatres

Graham Newbould, royal chef in the 1980s who made the Queen ‘penny’ sandwiches and boiled rabbit for the corgis – obituary

He described his life in the royal households as fun, though he once had to tell off young Prince William for pelting him with golf balls

Lady Rupert Nevill, faithful friend from childhood of Queen Elizabeth II – obituary

The monarch often phoned her friend ‘Micky’ for a chat or to discuss a problem, and Lady Rupert knew more royal secrets than any outsider

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 1926 – 2022

Jane Stevens, debutante who became lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret and her close friend – obituary

She was once called upon to drive for the Princess – who told her, when she crashed into their motorcycle escort, to simply carry on

Cynthia Harris, actress who won a Bafta nomination for her portrayal of Wallis Simpson – obituary

Though she regarded aspects of her performance in Edward & Mrs Simpson (ITV, 1978) as sympathetic, the Duchess of Windsor disagreed

Jane Roberts, curator of the Print Room at Windsor Castle and the first woman to be made Royal Librarian – obituary

Responsible for countless shows and catalogues, at Holyroodhouse she put on an exhibition of Leonardo drawings on the divine and grotesque

Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, party-planner to royalty and the international jet set – obituary

Elizabeth Anson was the Queen’s cousin, but she had to work for a living and staged parties for Prince William, Mick Jagger and many others

Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, long-serving foreign minister and later Emir of Kuwait – obituary

He was the architect of modern Kuwaiti diplomacy

Countess Mountbatten of Burma – obituary

The Earl of Snowdon – obituary