Queen chooses first black equerry

The Queen has chosen a Ghanaian-born Household Cavalry officer to be her next aide, according to reports.

It is understood Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-ankrah will be the royal household’s first black equerry, a role which requires him to support the monarch at official engagements.

Twumasi-ankrah, a 38-yearold Afghanistan veteran known as TA to his friends, moved to the UK from Ghana with his parents in 1982, according to media reports.