Michael John Clement Burgess OBE (born 31 March 1946) is the Coroner of the Queen's Household

Coroner of the Queen's Household

The Coroner of the King's/Queen's Household is an officer of the Medical Household of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.-History:...

. He was educated at King's College London

King's College London

King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...

. He was appointed deputy coroner in 1991 and was appointed coroner in 2002. He was in charge into the inquest

Inquest

Inquests in England and Wales are held into sudden and unexplained deaths and also into the circumstances of discovery of a certain class of valuable artefacts known as "treasure trove"...

 into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales

Death of Diana, Princess of Wales

On 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, died as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris, France. Her companion, Dodi Fayed, and the driver of the Mercedes-Benz W140, Henri Paul, were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Fayed's...

 and Dodi Fayed until July 2006 when he announced that he wished to stand down from the case due to a "heavy and constant" workload http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5204944.stm.

He has been the Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

coroner since 1986.

External links

• H.M. Coroner for Surrey