Sir Clive Alderton, who works for King Charles as his principal private secretary, has announced he is to step down next year after working for the Royal Household for 20 years

He's the man who delivered a King - and, for that matter, a Queen - masterminded the banishment of one particularly problematic relative, while cunningly corralling another.

Sir Clive Alderton says it has been the ‘greatest imaginable honour’ to serve the King and Queen