Prince Charles Appoints Nigerian, Eva Omaghomi As Royal Director

Prince Charles has appointed a British-Nigerian, Eva Omaghomi, as director of community engagement.

The newly created role is aimed at improving diversity in royal households.

Omaghomi, who is Prince Charles’s most senior Black aide, will help in boosting relations between the royal households and minority groups.

The job will “help take forward Their Royal Highnesses’ work with minority groups in the UK, the Commonwealth, and globally, building on a legacy stretching back to the 1970s, as well as working with the households,” the Mail reports.

Here are some things to know about her.

1. Eva Omaghomi is a Christian minister and a trustee of the Big Kid Foundation, a charity working to stamp out youth violence.

2. The 43-year-old had worked for the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall for 13 years.

3. She previously held the role of deputy communications secretary at Clarence House.

4. She was recently a senior strategic adviser to the Prince’s Trust group, a position that she held for two years.

5. She was made a lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order by the Queen in Her Majesty’s Birthday Honours list in 2017. The award is given to those who serve members of the royal family.

In an illustration of the trust placed in her by Prince Charles, she was asked to accompany him on a visit to Jesus House Church in London less than 48 hours after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made allegations of racism against the royal family during their interview with Oprah Winfrey.