Lady Susan Hussey can’t keep the smile off her face as she attends King Charles’ private 75th birthday party at Clarence House – proving she’s firmly back in the royal fold after the race at Buckingham Palace

Lady Susan Hussey was all smiles as she attended King Charles’ glittering 75th birthday party at Clarence House last night.

Dressed in a dazzling cobalt blue dress, the former lady-in-waiting to the late Queen Elizabeth II appeared well and truly back in the royal fold as she arrived in a taxi to the monarch’s London residence.

In a humorous moment, a beaming Lady Susan, 84, who was once called Her Majesty’s ‘Head Maid’ and was kept in the palace by the King after his mother’s death, leaned out of the vehicle to take a look in the car. her environment.

Dressed to impress, Lady Susan paired her dress with a pearl necklace and a touch of glamorous make-up as she stepped out for the event, months after racing last November.

This isn’t the first royal family occasion the late queen’s friend has been involved in – she attended the coronation, suggesting she came six months after Ngozi Fulani, a black woman who led the domestic abuse charity, Sistah Space in Hackney, was part of the royal family again. said she asked her, “What part of Africa are you from?” during a domestic violence reception at Buckingham Palace.

Responding to Ms Fulani’s allegations on Twitter, Buckingham Palace said it was taking the situation “extremely seriously”, adding that Lady Susan Hussey had issued a “profound apology” for her words.

However, after appearing at Westminster Abbey to attend King Charles’s coronation, it seemed that Lady Susan, although no longer employed by the palace, had been welcomed back into royal circles.

Lady Susan was welcomed into The Firm in 1960, around the time the late Her Majesty gave birth to her third child, Prince Andrew, when she was hired to help answer letters addressed to the Royal Household.

She is the youngest daughter of the 12th Earl of Waldegrave and the widow of Marmaduke Hussey, former chairman of the BBC who died in 2006.

After taking on her role and becoming closer to the monarch, she quickly became known as one of the late Queen’s ‘Head Girls’ as a lady-in-waiting.

It wasn’t long before she was reportedly nicknamed ‘Number One Head Girl’ as she continued to lend support to the late queen.

In a humorous moment, a beaming Lady Susan, 84, who was once called Her Majesty’s ‘Head Maid’ and was kept in the palace by the King after his mother’s death, leaned out of the vehicle to take a look in the car. her environment

During her time as a confidante of the British royal family, Lady Susan grew close to King Charles. So close in fact that he asked her to become godmother to his eldest son, Prince William.

In the 1980s, she was an expert on the inner workings of the royal family and royal convention, and is believed to have been one of the key figures who showed Princess Diana the ropes when she married into The Firm.

When Diana appeared in the infamous BBC Panorama interview with Martin Bashir in 1995, Marmaduke Hussey was BBC chairman.

Her close relationship with members of the royal family, including Diana, led to her being briefly portrayed in series five of The Crown by actress Haydn Gwynne. Marmaduke Hussey, who reportedly objected to the Bashir interview, is played by Richard Cordery.

Lady Susan Hussey, who was once referred to as the late Queen Elizabeth’s ‘head maid’ as a lady-in-waiting for more than 60 years, chatted with King Charles at Royal Ascot this summer

Lady Susan attended King Charles’ coronation at Westminster Abbey, indicating she was back in the royal fold after the race

She is also said to have played a similar role in helping the Duchess of Sussex acclimatise to life within the royal family.

Although her role within the Royal Family has largely flown under the radar, eagle-eyed fans will have spotted her alongside a number of senior members over the years, mentoring them while they were on the road, as well as filling in for the Queen when she was not in was able to appear. attending an event, such as a funeral.

Lady Susan attended the Remembrance Sunday gathering at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, where she appeared on the balcony alongside Sophie Wessex, the Princess of Wales, and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, Princess Anne’s second husband.

She was also pictured alongside the King and Queen Consort at Royal Ascot this year, where the trio appeared glued to a race, with King Charles using binoculars for a closer look.