When they were together there was always a lot of laughter. It was a jolly, infectious humour, often wry but never cruel, and based on shared experiences going back decades. And no one spanned the Queen's life quite like her lady-in-waiting, Lady Susan Hussey.The earl's daughter who arrived at as a 21-year-old to help with the royal postbag after the birth of was still there more than 60 uncomplaining years later, accompanying the Queen to 's funeral and, after Her Majesty's death, leading members of her personal staff to the lying-in-state at Westminster Hall.Unflappable, loyal and discreet, it was inevitable that Lady Susan, a godmother to , would be among the handful of the late monarch's most trusted staff invited to serve the new Queen Consort Camilla.
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