From Boom time Britain as Buckingham Palace goes on recruiting spree:
Buckingham Palace seems to be on a recruiting spree after advertsing an array of vacancies – including the role of running Her Majesty a bath.[…]
The advertisement, which was posted on the monarchy’s official website, specifies that chores will include “personal maiding/valeting duties for guests as required including packing and unpacking, pressing and preparing clothes, arranging dry cleaning, care of jewellery, running baths, assisting with dressing if required and arranging the service of tea and breakfast trays”.
The potential maid or manservant to take on the role will also “have contact with members of the Royal family” and must, of course, have an “ability to maintain confidentiality”.
For an annual salary of £14,400, the individual must also be willing to make the Royal family’s beds, clean their dirty sheets and possess “a motivated, pro-active attitude”.
An annual salary of 14k. In London. I’m not even going to attempt any kind of analysis on this. Because really, this is all I got:
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