The Queen's ex-private secretary Lord Geidt is being eyed as Britain's next US ambassador in battle with Civil Service chief Sir Mark Sedwill after resignation of Sir Kim Darroch
Christopher Geidt, 57, is on the shortlist to replace Sir Kim Darroch in the USA
Sir Kim offered his resignation this month after undiplomatic language he used about Donald Trump in trans-Atlantic cables was leaked to the Mail on Sunday
Cabinet secretary Sir Mark Sedwill is also believed to be among the three people in line for the job
A former private secretary to the Queen who has been knighted four times and elevated to the peerage may be on track to add a still-loftier title to his name by becoming His Excellency, the British Ambassador to the United State.
Christopher Geidt, 57, is on a shortlist of three to replace Sir Kim Darroch in Washington, according to senior Whitehall sources quotes in the Sunday Times.
Lord Geidt served a Her Majesty's right hand man for seven years but was ejected from the post two years ago amid claims of a royal power struggle between Buckingham Palace and Clarence House over the succession.
He was made a Baron in 2017, and holds the ranks of Knight Commander and Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, and Knight Commander and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in addition to having an OBE.
The list has been compiled by the Foreign Office and submitted to Number 10, where the final name will be chosen and submitted the Queen's approval in the next few weeks.
'The job is Sir Christopher Geidt's if he wants it,' said one well-placed source, although another said he seemed reluctant to take it the role, saying: 'I would put money on him being offered the job — but whether he will take it is another matter.'
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