Hot Equerry sets pulses racing at Trooping the Colour as he arrives arm-in-arm with his PR exec girlfriend
Lieutenant Colonel Johnny Thompson, known online as the Hot Equerry, appeared at Trooping the Colour today with his high society girlfriend, Olivia Lewis.
Heads turned as Lieutenant Colonel Thompson arrived arm-in-arm with PR executive Olivia for Trooping the Colour this afternoon.
Olivia's father is Simon Lewis, once the Queen's communications supremo and the man credited with 'rescuing' her reputation in the period following the death of Princess Diana.
Switching from the Palace to No 10, Mr Lewis became former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's spin doctor.
Olivia once worked for King Charles III and Camilla, and that is how she met Major Thompson.
Lieutenant Colonel Johnny Thompson and Olivia Lewis were seen leaving Clarence House to watch the Trooping the Colour procession.
Thompson was promoted last year and has become Charles's right-hand man or 'super equerry'
The King's equerry was seen dressed down in a hoodie and trainers – and strolling along a London street with his new love Olivia Lewis
Olivia's uncle is ex-Daily Telegraph editor Sir Will Lewis, now publisher and chief executive of the Washington Post.
Lieutenant Colonel Thompson came to be known as the Hot Equerry following his appearance at the Coronation and other high-profile engagements.
On social media he was dubbed 'Major Eye Candy' and the 'Hot Equerry'.
Clearly popular with the King and Queen, Lieutenant Colonel Thompson was promoted last year to become Charles's right-hand man or 'super equerry'.
He joined them at the front of the Royal Family procession into church at Sandringham on Christmas Day.
From now on his role will be more office-based meaning he will be seen less in public as he helps organise the King's private affairs.
He serves with the 5th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland, and the decision to extend his secondment from the Army to enable him to remain with the Royal Household was considered an indication of how highly he is valued.
He recounted an memory of spending time with the late Queen at Balmoral.
He told the BBC: 'One evening, myself and my wife, we were invited to one of the bothies (huts) on the estates to dine with Her Majesty.
'She straight away would start making the salad dressing, setting the table and the night culminated with me doing the washing up alongside her, which is a lovely memory.'
Lieutenant Colonel Thompson married a marketing manager, who is 12 years older than Olivia Lewis, in 2010.
He had a son with her in 2018 and they share two black Labradors called Odin and Piper – a nod to Maj Thompson's military time in Scotland.
After 12 years of marriage, they separated in 2022.
They lived in at least seven homes because of his Army career.
