Overview
- Buckingham Palace confirmed the appointment on March 20, naming the veteran Sky News reporter communications secretary to the King and Queen.
- Her brief includes delivering official announcements and helping to plan domestic and international engagements and tours.
- Mills, 46, has covered the royal family for more than a decade and has at times criticized palace communications in her reporting.
- The hire comes during heightened public scrutiny of the monarchy following recent allegations relating to Prince Andrew and protests by the campaign group Republic.
- She succeeds Laura Sullivan LVO in the role and is expected to take up the post before the summer; her partner, Andrew Parsons, is a photographer for the Prince and Princess of Wales.