Edward Adeane

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Edward Adeane (the Honourable George Edward Adeane, 1939–2015) was a barrister and private secretary to the Prince of Wales.

His father had been private secretary to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II and his great-grandfather had been private secretary to Queen Victoria and King George V. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalene College, Cambridge.

As a barrister, he specialised in libel suits, defending Time Out, The Spectator, and Marlene Dietrich. In 1979 he was appointed private secretary to the Prince of Wales, with whom he shared a love of fishing. In 1985 Adeane resigned after a number of disagreements, and had found that the Prince 'almost invariably did the opposite of what he advised'.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many

He is survived by his companion, Brent Snape.[1]

The Telegraph obituary has been described by Robert Cottrell as an "Extraordinary obituary, almost entirely written in code".[2]

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