Oliver Everett, last Royal Librarian and private secretary to Princess Diana in the 1980s – obituary

Oliver Everett, who has died aged 80, was the last in a line of distinguished Royal Librarians at Windsor Castle, jointly overseeing the Royal Library and the Royal Archives, an office which dated from 1837. Among his predecessors were Sir Richard Holmes, Sir John Fortescue, Sir Owen Morshead and Sir Robin Mackworth-Young. In his day Everett was responsible for all the collections in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, in particular the prints and drawings, and the Royal Archives, held in the R