The Queen has approved the appointment of Miss Sara Edwards DL as Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Dyfed.
Sara Edwards has deep family roots in the area.
She is the daughter of John M Edwards, a former Harley Street Surgeon who now farms full time in Carmarthenshire, and the actress and broadcaster Gwenyth Petty.
She is married to Lieutenant General Jonathon Riley and lives in north Carmarthenshire.
She is a distinguished broadcaster and is active in a number of charitable organizations in Wales.
Having been brought up mainly in London, she re-learned Welsh and is delighted that her daughter Hannah attends a Welsh-medium primary school.
