Commandant Anthea Larken CBE (born 1938) served as Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) between 1988-1991, while also acting as aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II.

President, TS Dreadnought, Greenwich SCC Anthea Larken was born in 1938, and joined the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) in 1956.

Larken joined the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1987, before becoming the Director of the WRNS between 1988-1991.

[2] At the end of her service as Director, Larken was named to the Order of the British Empire as a Commander.

The WRNS were merged into the Royal Navy in November 1993, with Larken remaining Director and Company Secretary for the Operational Command Training Organisation, a post she held until 1996.