THE Queen’s cousin Lady Elizabeth Shakerley has died aged 79.
More widely known in her professional capacity as Lady Elizabeth Anson, she was a close friend of the Queen and responsible for arranging many of her private parties.
Born in Windsor Castle in 1941, Lady Shakerley was the daughter of Thomas Anson, Viscount Anson, and his wife, Anne Bowes-Lyon, who would later become Princess Anne of Denmark when she remarried.
Her mum was a niece to the Queen.
Lady Shakerley was the Queen’s first cousin once removed and sister of the late Lord Patrick Lichfield.
She founded the firm Party Planners in 1960 and went on to arrange events for a number of people in the royal houses as well as the Queen.
In July 1972 she married Sir Geoffrey Shakerley at Westminister Abbey, with guests including the Queen and the Queen Mother with Princess Anne as a bridesmaid.
The couple divorced in 2009.
Lady Shakerley organised the Queen’s 80th birthday party as well as a reception for foreign royals the night before the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Hotel.
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She was awarded the Commander of the Royal Victorian Order on March 31, 2020.
She died in the early hours of Sunday morning with members of her family at her bedside.
Lady Elizabeth leaves one daughter and two grandchildren.
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