Sally Osman, former communications chief for the BBC, will handle PR for Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall, beginning in June.

Sally OsmanShe takes over for Paddy Harverson, who once did PR for Manchester United.

During her eight-year span at the BBC, Osman took charge of the crisis surrounding its exaggeration of Iraq weapons of mass destruction capability. 

Via a press release, Osman conceded the BBC wrongly reported its source might be based on a “senior intelligence” officer.

The Guardian reported that Osman has a reputation among journalists as “being approachable, calm and sensible.”

Prior to the BBC, Osman ran PR for BSkyB and Sony Europe. She has consulted for branding agency Make Believe and China Media Center at the University of Westminster.

Harverson has established Milltown Partners PR .