Anthony Gordon Lennox dies: Communications expert who gave Kate Middleton voice coaching passes away aged 48

Anthony Gordon Lennox, left, with Josh Berger and Ed Vaizey MP.
Alan Davidson/Silverhub/REX
Rashid Razaq9 October 2017

A communications expert who helped the Duchess of Cambridge overcome her nerves for her wedding day has died after a short illness, aged 48.

Anthony Gordon Lennox gave voice coaching to Kate in the run-up to her marriage to Prince William, and helped her brother James Middleton to practise the reading he gave at the ceremony at Westminster Abbey in 2011.

Former BBC Question Time producer Mr Gordon Lennox, nephew of the Duke of Richmond, helped Amanda Thatcher prepare a reading for the funeral of her grandmother Baroness Thatcher in 2013. Ms Thatcher, then a 19-year-old student, was praised for her poised and eloquent delivery of St Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians.

The image consultant was also enlisted by Lord Coe, former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, David and Samantha Cameron, and Conservative Party figures including Iain Duncan Smith.

The Duchess of Cambridge was helped by the communications whizz.
PA

Mr Cameron said: “He was one of the most kind-hearted and decent people I ever had the privilege of meeting. And he was passionate about his politics — wanting rational, moderate, reasonable arguments to win the day.

"It is tragic that he has been taken from us so early. Ant had a magical ability to help people get across in the most simple and straightforward way possible what they really wanted to say.”

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Family Album - In pictures

1/54

Conservative MP Sir Nicholas Soames paid tribute to an “exceptional” man who helped many different people. He said: “It’s the most tragic loss for his family and friends.

"It was completely unexpected. Anthony was one of the most talented men of his generation and a lovely man.”

Mr Gordon Lennox, an old Etonian, founded the London-based communications company AGL.

He acted, directed and produced his own play at the St James Theatre, now The Other Palace.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in