THE next Lord Lieutenant for the Isle of Wight has been announced.

Susie Sheldon has been appointed as Her Majesty’s next Lord Lieutenant.

Mrs Sheldon, a former high sheriff, is also a member of the Isle of Wight Sports Foundation.

She lives in the West Wight with her husband Jamie.

She will take up her post from March 26, following the retirement of the current Lord Lieutenant, Maj Gen Sir Martin White.