John Alderton married his co-star, Jill Browne, but they later divorced. After an uncredited role in "Cleopatra" (1963), and appearing in British films such as "The System" (1964), "Assignment K" (1968), "Duffy" (1968) and "Hannibal Brooks" (1969), he played the lead in the comedy series "Please Sir!", as hapless teacher Mr Hedges, which later resulted in him also playing the character in the 1971 feature film of the same name. In 1972 he appeared with Hannah Gordon in the BBC comedy series "My Wife Next Door" which ran for 13 episodes, and for which he won a Jacob's Award in 1975. He
Clive Alderton Clive Alderton Clive Alderton LVO (born 9 May 1967) is a British diplomat and courtier who was appointed Principal Private Secretary to Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall on 5 February 2015. Alderton was educated at Abingdon School. He joined the Foreign Office in 1986, and subsequently served in various diplomatic posts in Poland, Belgium (European Union), Singapore and France. In 2006, he was appointed Deputy Private Secretary to Prince Charles and his wife, and was promoted to the rank of Private Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to Their Royal Highnesses in 2009. In