Queen Elizabeth II’s godson dies aged 79: Tory peer who served as Page of Honour to Her Majesty passes away after suffering head injury

Queen Elizabeth II’s godson dies aged 79: Tory peer who served as Page of Honour to Her Majesty passes away after suffering head injury

Lord Charles O’Hagan, godson of the late Queen Elizabeth II, has died aged 79 after suffering a head injury.

The Conservative peer served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Devon twice, from 1973 to 1975 and from 1979 to 1994.

Charles – full name Charles Towneley Strachey O’Hagan – also had a ceremonial role as a Page of Honour to the late Queen between 1959 and 1962.