AMedical Officer to The King/Queen accompaniesHis/Her Majesty on overseas tour.
He is normally a seniorRoyal Navy surgeon. He is not, strictly, a member of theMedical Household of theRoyal Household of theSovereign of theUnited Kingdom.
During Royal Tours, he is described as "The Medical Officer to The King/Queen Abroad."
... So a special word of thanks is due to the Medical Officer who, in most of my time reporting royal tours, travelled abroad with The Queen and who was always kind to correspondents and cameramen in need: the then Surgeon-Captain Norman Blacklock.