Meet the late Queen Elizabeth’s Black equerry she ‘offered’ to Meghan Markle, Lt Col Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah: Omid Scobie’s Endgame book reports Prince Harry’s wife was ‘insulted’ by the proposition

Dec 13 , 2023

Omid Scobie’s book states that Queen Elizabeth, Britain’s late monarch, ‘offered’ her Black equerry Lieutenant Colonel Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah to ‘help’ Meghan Markle ‘feel comfortable’ as a royal

‘I doubt Kate [Middleton] was offered an equerry [for guidance],’ Meghan’s friend reportedly commented – today, King Charles’ equerry is Johnny Thompson, who made headlines earlier for his good looks

Omid Scobie’s much-anticipated book Endgame has not disappointed hungry royalists eager to delve into the deep – and often controversial – side of the British blue-blooded family.

Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, arrives at the Invictus Games venue in The Hague, Netherlands, in April 2022. Photo: AP Photo

One revelation suggests that the late Queen Elizabeth reportedly “offered” her Black equerry, Lieutenant Colonel Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, to “help” Meghan Markle “feel comfortable” while she adjusted to life as a royal.

Queen Elizabeth’s equerry, Lieutenant Colonel Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, places a bouquet of flowers at the grave of the Unknown Warrior on her behalf during a ceremony in Westminster Abbey to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior, in November 2020. Photo: WPA Pool/Getty Images

“Though a charming and intelligent man, it stood out like a sore thumb to Meghan and her friends,” Scobie wrote in his book. British media stated that Markle and a friend felt “insulted” by this proposition. “I doubt Kate was offered an equerry [for guidance],” Scobie claimed a friend commented to Prince Harry’s wife.

Here’s what we know about Lieutenant Colonel Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah.

Lieutenant Colonel Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah was born in Ghana

Then Racegoer Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah poses for a portrait during Day Tow at the Royal Ascot Racecourse in June 2015, in London, England. Photo: Getty Images

Ghana-born Lieutenant Colonel Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah began his career working as a Blues and Royals squadron leader at The Household Cavalry Mounted Regimen, per his LinkedIn. He was also stationed in Kabul, Afghanistan as a principal staff officer for the Afghanistan National Army Training Group, and worked some other jobs before becoming an equerry to Queen Elizabeth from August 2017 to December 2020.

He now works for the UK Ministry of Defence, per his LinkedIn.

He’s Britain’s first Black equerry

Then Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, the queen’s equerry, attends day two of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse in June 2019, in Ascot, England. Photo: WireImage