ANGELA. KELLY
Mary Angela Kelly, LVO (born 4 November 1957, Liverpool), is a British fashion designer, dressmaker, and milliner, who served as Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser to Queen Elizabeth II from 2002 to the Queen's death in 2022. Her official title is Personal Assistant, Adviser and Curator to Her Majesty The Queen (Jewellery, Insignias and Wardrobe).
Kelly was born in Liverpool, as the daughter of a dock worker and a nurse.
She first began working for the Queen after gaining employment as The Queen’s Dresser following an interview at Windsor Castle in 1994. She was responsible for the Queen's clothes, jewellery and insignia. She researched the venues for royal visits as well as the significance of different colours, in order to create appropriate outfits for the monarch.
Kelly founded a fashion label, Kelly & Pordum, with Alison Pordum, who was also employed as the Queen's in-house dressmaker until 2008. Kelly is also the author of Dressing the Queen: The Jubilee Wardrobe and The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe.
In 2006, she was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO), and promoted to Lieutenant of the same Order (LVO) in 2012. She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Version of the Royal Household Long and Faithful Service Medal in 2014 for 20 years of service to the Royal Family.
Kelly was born in Liverpool, as the daughter of a dock worker and a nurse.
She first began working for the Queen after gaining employment as The Queen’s Dresser following an interview at Windsor Castle in 1994. She was responsible for the Queen's clothes, jewellery and insignia. She researched the venues for royal visits as well as the significance of different colours, in order to create appropriate outfits for the monarch.
Kelly founded a fashion label, Kelly & Pordum, with Alison Pordum, who was also employed as the Queen's in-house dressmaker until 2008. Kelly is also the author of Dressing the Queen: The Jubilee Wardrobe and The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe.
In 2006, she was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO), and promoted to Lieutenant of the same Order (LVO) in 2012. She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Version of the Royal Household Long and Faithful Service Medal in 2014 for 20 years of service to the Royal Family.
