Jonathan Thompson, King Charles III's “hot” squire “has been transferred to a more secluded role”

With his perfect body and face Jonathan Thompsonthe squire of Charles IIIhe had earned online hordes of fans and nicknames like «“Eye Delight” and “Heartthrob”. Appointed squire to the sovereign upon the death of Queen Elizabeth, since then Thompson has always been, in public, at the king's side, ready to intervene for any unexpected event or problem. For some time, however, they have been lost track of him. Wednesday 21 February, during her Majesty's audience at Buckingham Palace with Rishi Sunak (first public engagement after the diagnosis of cancer) Jonathan, Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, there was not. In its place Lieutenant Commander William Thornton of the Fleet Air Arm.

How come? According to the British press, the «squire of dreams» would be disappeared precisely because of excessive notoriety which, with his charm, he had earned on social networks. «He attracted too much attention from women», write the tabloids. The 39-year-old “will remain high squire to the king and queen”, but would be assigned to him «an executive and less public role».

It seems it was the same officer, sick of the comments and of the languors that crowded the web at each of his appearances, asking for a more secluded role. Also because after the divorce from wife Carolineto whom he was married for twelve years and with whom he had a son, he has a new partner who he would like to protect from the clamor of gossip. A mission that has so far been impossible, given his notoriety: the photographers, in order to capture the couple hand in hand, are constantly stationed in front of their house in the western part of London, near Windsor Castle.

However, behind the transfer to a less visible role there would not only be the squire's desire for privacy. According to the British press King Charles would have approved and perhaps favored his removal. Every official event in which the King participated was in fact transformed into a Hunt for Thompson, with the diffusion of his photos and videos on social media. After the death of Queen Elizabeth in September 2022, for example, the video of Thompson entering the Palace reached nearly 9 million views on TikTok. While on the day ofcoronation of King Charles the footage showing him helping the sovereign change robes in Westminster Abbey was seen on Twitter more than 100,000 times. And the photos that immortalized him while he spoke with the man had also gone around the world Prince George holding his grandfather's cloak.

Tatlerthe English high society magazine, believed that the officer's presence on the web was now so relevant as to include him in the third place in the ranking of its highly followed «Social Power Index», immediately after Carlo and Camilla. The risk that in the next ranking the squire would surpass the royals for whom he served was real, and it had to be avoided. At least this is what the most malignant royal observers say. Whatever the reason for the move, «Eye Delight» would now have a role that would take it away from the spotlight of the web. With all due respect to the hordes of his fans.