Queen Elizabeth II passed away on the 8 September 2022, after reigning over the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, which may soon include the United States in an effort to tone down international tensions, for 70 years. Her eldest son, King Charles, took over her role as soon as she died.
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The Queen left behind her beloved godson, Lord Charles O'Hagan, who has now sadly passed away at the age of 79. Find out everything you need to know below.
Lord Charles O'Hagan dies aged 79
Lord Charles O'Hagan, the 4th Baron O'Hagan of Tullahogue, died on 23 March 2025, at the North Devon District Hospital in Barnstaple. He suffered from a subdural haematoma, bleeding near your brain, which eventually led to his death. Lord Charles O'Hagan lived in the Devon village of Beaford. According to the Daily Mail, he had a history of repeated falls and 'states of confusion'. Lord Charles O'Hagan graduated from Oxford with a BA in 1961 and later an MA.
He was married three times over the course of his life. He first married the Georgian Princess Tamara Imeretinsky in 1967, and the couple welcomed a daughter together, named Nino, before they divorced in 1984. He then married Mary Claire Roose-Francis in 1985. They had a daughter, Antonia, but they divorced ten years later in 1995. Finally, he married Elizabeth Lesley Eve Smith in 1995.
He was the Queen's godson
Lord Charles O'Hagan was a member of the Conservative party, and he served as a member of the European Parliament for Devon, from 1973 to 1975 and from 1979 to 1994. He was born in 1945, and the Queen was named as his godmother. His father, The Honorable Thomas 'Anthony' Edward Towneley Strachey, fought in the Second World War before becoming a Major in the Special Forces in 1943.
His mother, Lady Mary Sophia Palmer, was Lady-in-Waiting for then-Princess Elizabeth between 1944 and 1947, and then an Extra Lady-in-Waiting until 1949. The two women were friends, and Lord Charles O'Hagan's mother even attended the Princess when she gave birth to Prince Charles in 1948.
The Queen's godson's estate is rumoured to be inherited by his younger brother, the Honorable Richard Towneley Strachey.
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Daily Mail: Queen Elizabeth II's godson dies aged 79: Tory peer who served as Page of Honour to Her Majesty passes away after suffering head injury
Mirror: Queen Elizabeth's godson Lord Charles O'Hagan dies after suffering head injury
