Physician to the Queen

Physician to the Queen

Physician to the King/Queen is the title of the physician acting as officer of the Medical Household of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

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* Sir Richard Thompson, KCVO DM FRCP, appointed 1993, retired 2005.

* Erasmus Darwin was asked by George III to be Royal Physician, but he declined.


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