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Since Queen Elizabeth died…..

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Daddima Wed 29-Apr-26 11:53:28

…does anybody else notice an increase in the ‘palace staff members’ sharing stories? There was another ‘former royal butler’ on the radio yesterday who had also worked for Donald Trump. I see Grant Harrald, who was also a royal butler, popping up more and more often ( hardly recognisable, mind you, at stones lighter and complete with designer stubble and dyed hair)
I wonder if loyalty to the queen meant that the staff wouldn’t have dreamt of telling tales, and maybe they don’t feel the same loyalty to Charles ( especially if they have lost their jobs), or is it just coincidence?

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Cossy Wed 29-Apr-26 11:57:27

Not really, I remember staff coming out after Diana died, most particularly that awful butler man.

I think it’s pretty normal.

I don’t consider the Royals to be any more “special” than the rest of us.

I had a lot of admiration though for our dear departed Queen, she literally devoted almost all of her adult life to duty and no doubt missed out on many things.

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Greyduster Wed 29-Apr-26 12:20:54

she literally devoted almost all of her adult life to duty and no doubt missed out on many things.

I remember reading somewhere that the Queen had said the happiest time of her life was when she was newly married and living in Malta where Prince Philip was stationed with the Navy. A young married couple enjoying by all accounts a fairly simple life without having to worry about the affairs of state that would burden her once she was crowned.

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