Ghana-born soldier is first British monarch’s black aide

Queen Elizabeth II has chosen a Ghanaian-born soldier in the British Army to be her next aide at the Buckingham Palace. 38-year-old Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah is the Queen’s new equerry after serving in Afghanistan and in the palace with the Household Cavalry regiment. The soldier moved from Ghana to the United Kingdom with his […]

Queen Elizabeth II has chosen a Ghanaian-born soldier in the British Army to be her next aide at the Buckingham Palace.

38-year-old Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah is the Queen’s new equerry after serving in Afghanistan and in the palace with the Household Cavalry regiment.

The soldier moved from Ghana to the United Kingdom with his parents in 1982 and studied at the Queen Mary University of London and the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, British media reported.