While it is likely that secretaries, housekeepers, chefs, chauffeurs, gardeners etc. will be kept on, some of the queen's more personal staff may be made redundant or choose to leave the household voluntarily, such as her footmen and dressers.
While there will seemingly be a purge at Clarence House and among the personal staff, the vast majority of employees at the royal palaces will remain in post. The staff payroll was £23.7m in 2022.
Staff that worked for the Queen typically have a months notice at the end of her reign to find another job, or be redeployed to another Royal household.
The Sovereign Grant report claimed 508 full-time equivalent staff in 2021. Insider independently identified 400 of those roles, so our database undercounts how many people work for the Queen.
The Queen's impressive homes require a small army to keep operations running smoothly, which is why they boast plenty of bedrooms for live-in staff. However, there are some restrictions that come with living and working in the monarch's residences, such as Buckingham Palace.
The average The Royal Household salary ranges from approximately £15,330 per year for Cleaner to £57,446 per year for Procurement Manager. Average The Royal Household hourly pay ranges from approximately £9.09 per hour for Housekeeper to £11.66 per hour for Warehouse Lead.
There are three ceremonial units tasked with guarding the sovereign as she lies-in-state.
And as to putting one's clothes on, contrary to popular belief the Queen actually dressed alone. The monarch also did her own make-up for most events, with the exception of her annual Christmas speech, for which a make-up artist was employed.
Each December, Queen Elizabeth gives each member of her staff around 1,500 Christmas puddings to share between them, according to the official royal website. Every gift comes with a little extra something: a greeting card from the Queen herself.
Queen Elizabeth II
The Ladies of the Bedchamber were not in daily attendance, but were called upon for more formal or important public occasions and events. The Duchess of Grafton served as Mistress of the Robes to Elizabeth II from 1967 until her death on 3 December 2021 (after which the position remained vacant).
Mary Angela Kelly, LVO (born 4 November 1957, Liverpool) is a British fashion designer, dressmaker, and milliner, who served as Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser to Queen Elizabeth II from 2002 to the Queen's death in 2022.
So, what happened? Apparently Geidt was fired after 10 years following differences of opinion on how to handle the "transition of power" between Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles.
According to Brian Hoey, author of Not In Front of the Corgis, the queen regularly gave her old clothes to her dressers. From there, they could either keep the pieces, wear them, or sell them. Hoey notes that if pieces were sold, buyers couldn't know that the clothes came from Her Majesty.
Buckingham Palace, for example, features 188 “modest” staff bedrooms on site. At the same time “this is no standard housekeeping role” according to the ad for a live-in housekeeping assistant by the Royal Household. As Time wrote “That means you actually eat and sleep, full-time, at Buckingham Palace.
You just can't move
While on duty, Queen's Guards are not supposed to move or respond to anything that the tourists may throw at them. However, the rules indicate that after being still for at least 10 minutes, they can march up and down the street in order to stretch their legs and avoid passing out.
As far as bosses go, there are perhaps few quite as memorable as Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, and the late monarch was apparently also known for making kind gestures toward her palace staff.
On presentation to The Queen, the correct formal address is 'Your Majesty' and subsequently 'Ma'am,' pronounced with a short 'a,' as in 'jam'. For male members of the Royal Family the same rules apply, with the title used in the first instance being 'Your Royal Highness' and subsequently 'Sir'.
Cards are sent to those celebrating their 100th and 105th birthday and every year thereafter. The King's congratulatory messages consist of a card containing a personalised message and come in a special envelope.
Following this, it is reported that Queen Elizabeth enjoyed some grilled fish or chicken, and tended to stay away from starch for her meal at lunch. It's clearly the simple things that Queen Elizabeth preferred when it came to food!
The “lion's share” of Queen's extensive jewelry collection, according to The Daily Express, will be given to Kate, the new Princess of Wales, but, according to the outlet, Camilla will get first dibs. “The late monarch owned an extraordinary collection of jewelry worth billions of pounds,” The Express reports.
The Queen will be laid to rest today wearing only two precious pieces of jewellery. Her Majesty, who will be buried next to her husband Prince Philip later today, will wear only her wedding band and a pair of pearl earrings, despite owning a collection worth millions of pounds.
Clothing that was of less historical significance is likely set to be given to family members — and her granddaughters and great-granddaughters could be in for a windfall. “Items from the Queen's personal collection would have been passed to her family members with each chosen personally by Her Majesty.
The pallbearers hail from the Queen's Company, the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. 'It's their role to protect her body, both in life and in death, remaining in the Queen's Company until King Charles decides otherwise,' explained Major Adrian Weale to the PA.
THERE ARE WOMEN IN THE RANKS Although the iconic troops are usually associated with male figures, there are more and more women joining the Queen's Guard.
Those guns aren't loaded…
The Guard's intimidating weapons only have ammo in them when they are aware of a potential serious security threat. The guard on Reddit, who uses the username “nibs123,” says that he has never carried a loaded gun as a Guardsman.