Pressure was growing on the Queen last night to strip disgraced bodyguard Ken Wharfe of his royal honour. In charge of the Princessâs around the clock security at home and abroad, in public and private, Ken Wharfe became a close friend and loyal confidant who shared her most private moments.His resignation in November 1993 made headline news.
A year later in 1987 he was appointed a Personal Protection Officer to the Princess of Wales.Princes Diana trusted him with her innermost secrets during the most traumatic years of her marriage to Prince Charles and he was at her side as she plotted to escape from what she believed was the gilded cage of the Royal Family. Thomas Markle doesn’t.”“I think the Palace was at fault not to earmark this problem very early on,” he said.Princess Diana's former bodyguard has criticised Prince William and Prince HarryWhen you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Princes Diana, The Princess of Wales â security code name â Purple 52â travelled all over the world. You can unsubscribe at any time.Former personal protection officer to the Princess of Wales Ken WharfeFormer personal protection officer to the Princess of Wales Ken Wharfe
He was transferred to another unit and died in a motorbike crash in 1987. It came as fears about the revelations from Wharfe - …
Ken Wharfe joined the Metropolitan Police as a cadet rising to the rank of inspector before joining SO14 Royalty Protection.
Just weeks later the Princess announced she was withdrawing from public life and then axed her Scotland Yard Protection, a decision her former âTop Copâ as the British press referred to him â believes ultimately led to her death.Ken Wharfe was appointed to oversee the internal security to Princess Dianaâs funeral at Westminster Abbey, attended by over fifty heads of state.Just months after Princes Dianaâs death in Paris on August 31 1997, Inspector Wharfe was honoured by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace and made a Member of the Victorian Order, a personal gift of the Sovereign for his loyal service to her family.Until his retirement after 35 years of exemplary service with the Metropolitan Police, nearly half in the Royalty Protection Department, he was Personal Protection Officerto the Queenâs cousin, The Duke of Kent.His book âDiana â Closely Guarded Secretâ was a Sunday Times and New York Times best-seller, and again when it was reissued in a revised edition in 2016. The book published in several languages - now in paperback and available as a 3 x CD Talking book â read by him.His second book â Guarding Diana â Protecting the Princess around the Worldâ published in 2017.