On leaving the Army in 1962, he began to work as a photographer's assistant, and built up his own reputation, partly as a result of having access to the Royal Family.In 2003, he made a cameo appearance in the BBC medical drama series Casualty for a story about raising money for Children in Need.[citation needed] Lichfield resided in an apartment at the former family seat of Shugborough Hall, near Cannock Chase in Staffordshire.On 10 November 2005, Lichfield suffered a major stroke and died the following day at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.His funeral was held on 21 November at St Michael and All Angels Church, Colwich, Staffordshire, where he was buried in the family vault.
Coat of arms of his ex wife Leonora, Countess of Lichfield
Part of the exhibition of Lichfield's work, at Shugborough Hall
Memorial stone, outside
Colwich
parish church, placed by Lady Annunziata Asquith