’ dashing equerry made a rare appearance with the royals on Easter.

On Sunday, the senior royal aide was spotted at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle for the Easter Mattins Service, which was attended by King Charles, and other members of the royal family on Sunday. Thompson was briefly photographed outside the chapel, where he wore a suit in lieu of his regiment's kilt that he's often sported in the past, and several fans on declared it was "good to see him."

"What a treat! We haven’t seen him for a while!" one wrote.

While King Charles’ attendance at the Easter church service marked his most significant public appearance since beginning

, it also marked Thompson's first major appearance since he after becoming a viral sensation.

The buzz around Thompson, 40, began in September 2022, when footage of the suit-clad soldier walking through the gates of Buckingham Palace went viral on with over 8.6 million views.

"I saw ‘Major eye candy,’ " blogger U.K. Travel captioned the clip of Thompson seemingly on his way to work, and the nickname stuck.

In late February, reported that the aide famed as "the hot equerry" started a new job for King Charles and Queen Camilla following the online frenzy.

A palace source told the outlet that Thompson "remains senior equerry to the King and the Queen, in a more executive and less public-facing role." The dedicated equerry is "understood not to have enjoyed the public attention he received after attending several high-profile events with the King."

Thompson is a member of the 5th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland and may have been familiar to royal watchers for his appearances with . He initially stepped into the spotlight in the summer of 2018, when he escorted the Queen for a battalion review at

.

He rose through the ranks to become her most senior bodyguard and upon her death at age 96, was promoted to Super Equerry to her eldest son and successor King Charles,reported.

Thompson was by King Charles' side for some of the most major events during the first year of his reign, including greeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Buckingham Palace in February 2023, joining the King and Queen for their that March and playing a prominent role during their May 6 coronation at Westminster Abbey.

The equerry memorably kept a watchful eye over and King Charles’ other three Pages of Honor at the crowning ceremony as they carried his robes, and a video of Thompson assisting the monarch at Westminster Abbey was viewed over 115,000 times on .

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Since coronation day, Thompson helped welcome U.S. President to in July, joined the King and Queen for their in September and to the Church of St.

Mary Magdalene at Sandringham on Christmas.

While fans might be seeing less of the equerry since he started his new job, he is reportedly seeing someone special! In February, Thompson was photographed holding hands in London with Olivia Lewis, a PR exec he reportedly met while working for the King and Queen.

The reported that Thompson and his wife separated nearly two years ago, adding that he and Lewis are said to be "well matched and very happy."