Queen Camilla's equerry Oliver Plunket moves on after three years in the role

He almost broke the internet with his good looks but now royal watchers will need to focus their attention somewhere else after Queen Camilla's royal equerry stepped down.

British Army Major Oliver Plunket, 31, also know as 'Ollie', has been the Queen's equerry and right hand man since soon after she became Queen Consort in 2022.

Major Plunket was chosen to serve as the Queen's first equerry in November 2022 – two months after the death of Queen Elizabeth II resulted in King Charles acceding to the throne.

An equerry is an officer of the British royal household who attends or assists members of the royal family to fulfil their public duties.

They are handpicked for the role on secondment from within the armed forces and usually hold the role for three years.

According to Forces News, Major Plunket's role involved looking after her diary, accompanying her to official events and supporting her engagements and relationships with the military. He worked alongside her private secretary.

It was during one of his very first outings to the Princess of Wales' Together at Christmas Carol Service at Westminster Abbey in November 2022, that Major Plunket first caught the eye of royal watchers thanks to his dashing good looks, which saw him labelled the 'hot' equerry.

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Then a year later Major Plunket made news when he used his sword to hang ornaments on a Christmas tree during an annual Christmas decorating party in December 2023.

The annual event sees Queen Camilla invite sick children from Helen & Douglas House and Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity to help decorate the tree at Clarence House, the London home of King Charles and Queen Camilla.

After Major Plunkett used his sword to place baubles and other ornaments onto branches as the delighted children watched on, the Queen reportedly asked her equerry, "Ollie, how's the swordplay going?"

The Queen later shared a video of the party on the royal family's official social media channels, where Major Plunkett emerged as quite the star.

Since then, Major Plunket has spent his days looking after the Queen's diary and accompanying her on official engagements, and has even been photographed enjoying a few perks of the job, such as attending Royal Ascot 2023, where he was seen chatting with King Charles' then equerry Captain James Boggis-Rolfe.

The Court Circular – an official record of royal engagements published on the royal family's official website, said Major Plunket received a special honour on November 30 while at the King and Queen's private royal residence, Sandringham, after relinquishing his appointment.

"Major Oliver Plunket was received by The King and Queen this morning upon relinquishing his appointment as equerry to Her Majesty, when His Majesty invested him with the Insignia of a Member of the Royal Victorian Order," the record stated.

Major Plunket serves in The Rifles regiment, which the Queen has been colonel-in-chief of since 2020. It is one of the Army's key infantry regiments.

The Queen first revealed Major Plunket was stepping down during a speech on November 27 at an awards dinner to celebrate The Rifles.

"I would like to say a huge thank you to Major Ollie Plunket, who has been my staunch equerry for the past three years," she said.

"He has excelled in everything he has done for me."

The Queen's new equerry is Major Rob Treasure, who appears to be equally dashing.

Daily Mail said Major Treasure was a 29-year-old platoon commander of the first battalion in The Rifles and previously studied at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst.

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