The Lord Young of Old Windsor | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Private Secretary to the Sovereign | |
| In office 17 October 2017 – 23 May 2023 Serving with Sir Clive Alderton (2022–2023) | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Preceded by | The Lord Geidt |
| Succeeded by | Sir Clive Alderton |
| Deputy Private Secretary to the Sovereign | |
| In office 8 September 2007 – 17 October 2017 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Christopher Geidt |
| Succeeded by | Tom Laing-Baker (performing the duties of) |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 13 June 2023 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 October 1966 |
| Political party | Crossbench |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Reading School |
Edward Young, Baron Young of Old Windsor, GCB, GCVO, PC (born 24 October 1966) is a British courtier who served as Private Secretary to the Sovereign from 2017 to 2023. In this role, he was the senior operational member of the Royal Households of the United Kingdom. Young was recruited to the Royal Household in 2004, serving as Queen Elizabeth II's assistant and then as deputy private secretary until his promotion to private secretary in 2017. After the death of Elizabeth II in 2022, Young served as joint principal private secretary to King Charles III until he stepped down in May 2023.