King Charles FIRES His Entire Staff

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You’d think he’d leave some staff to guide the new PoW but Charles is so petty.

seriously OP? Get it together.

Here you go, r1.

I’m not the OP, but you are deffo a cunt. A bit like Charles the Churlish.

Here you go...

He will administer his own enema, thank you !

thank you R5

@ R4

1. Being a cunt and being R1 is nearly an identity at the DL.

2. Requiring links keeps this place from turning into a cesspool of propaganda and political trolling.

Now who will clear his stuff off his desk?

To hell

Christ, he could have waited until AFTER the funeral.

They must have suspected it was coming. If the household no longer exists, there is no work.

He's a fucking dick.

Sustainable!

The leaky pen really put him in a bad mood..

Agreed, R10.

But if nobody is going to be living in that house...

I think he will be a tempermental king.

What an absolute nightmare this twat is gonna be over the next thirty years.

Probably afraid the cook may try to poison him so Duke William can ascend throne

It's pretty fucking amazing that her employed 100 people there. Seems kinda Louis XIV to me.

Why should he have waited? No time like the present.

He won't live 30 years more.

Now, Camilla...

Sounds reasonable.

R17 you actually think he will last 30 years. He would get into his 100s if so.

r21 The secret is Gin.

Presidents come and go in the White House

But the staff remains for decades

Why can't it be the same for the palace?

Realistically, either his staff or the Queen's were going to be let go. I'm surprised that he chose his, rather than letting the Queen's go...suggests to me that the Queen's staff may know a lot more than anyone is comfortable to let wander about disgruntled.

It's a strange move in that his "interests" and things he supposed won't change.

Also, won't William and Kate's staffs increase as they take on new responsibilities?

It does make sense to streamline the staff and reduce costs - on the surface. However, doing so in this manner so soon was always going to make people very unhappy. He should have initially simply made an announcement AFTER the 10 days mourning period that the staff of the Queen and his staff would have to be merged and streamlined - something any rational person would expect.

Elizabeth would never have made this type of mistake. The PR debacle with Diana reflects Charles's immaturity and petulance. This behavior will come back to bite him. He had small window both as the new sovereign and for his mother dying - whether he was close to her or not, most people ascribe filial love to children when their mother has died.

He blew it.

I hope he lives 30+ more years. He needs to cut out all meat and dairy. Lower salt. More ev olive oil.

But Major Johnny stays, RIGHT?

With the Queen and Phillip dead, they need no servants. He will employ some of theirs and some of his existing and the rest let go. How does this not make sense to everyone. If I died today, my gardener and house cleaner would no longer get money from my family. Same thing.

The kingiest king who ever kinged.

3 years.

r25 Charles is taking some staff with him to the palace, William will take a large amount since he's heir now, some will go to other people, and yeah a few will get made redundant. Its less a mass firing than it is a job review. The main problem with it is the timing since it makes him look pretty bad all things considered.

[quote]How does this not make sense to everyone.

It's the TIMING that's the problem, babe.

[quote]Presidents come and go in the White House...But the staff remains for decades...Why can't it be the same for the palace?

Staff of a more personal nature or specific to the President would always change - personal secretaries, chefs, and such.

Also, you have to figure that Elizabeth had a lot more assistance, given her age, than he or Cammy might need for several years.

What was it Diana said about Charles never being King?

r29 Your gardeners and cleaners are not your subjects who just lost their queen. How is that not clear to you?

He’ll never even come close to filling his mother’s shoes. Good thing he’s 73.

Less than a week as king and he’s presenting himself as rudely impatient, uncaring and petty.

Pink-slipped during a church service?

Is this part of the Anglican liturgy now?

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the irony.....

I wonder who got Harry and Meghan's staff?

May this is all part of Charles' secret plan to make the people long for the bald, entitled bastard named Wills.

He’s letting his staff go because he no longer needs them in Clarence House where he lived as Prince. Sounds sensible to me.

This was covered in the other thread. He has to move operations to BP which is now his official residence. There is already a staff there.

As his official staff are supported by the taxpayers, it would be a bad look to keep them on for sentiment's sake. They will receive consideration from other royal households, and an enhanced payment beyond what is legally mandated.

You can't bring 100 staffers to the new place that already has staffers. He isn't Henry VIII moving from one pissed off earl's home to another as he travels round the kingdom eating them out of house and home and fucking their wives, daughters, and housemaids.

Who paid the staff anyway? the government, or Charles?

R40 Oh, we can tell you that: some went to the then-Cambridges, others went back into service for the Palace, which had loaned them out to help the Sussexes.

Wait - the servants were only fired instead of being buried alive with the queen? Pussies.

You see? You see? I told you that family is shit.

Charles in charge bitchez

King Chuck Amuck!

I'm the King of England! A man can have no better conceit of himself than that!

If I recall correctly, in the infamous Panorama interview Diana stated or implied that Charles would not make a good king.

You would think most of his and the Liz's staffs are very very old. I'm sure a hiring freeze would have sufficed. This seems out of touch and cruel.

I find it hard to believe that they had no idea this was coming.

I get they’re royalty, whatever that really means, but when I look at this situation, with a modern eye, I’m truly not surprised Harry left, by any means necessary. Even in wealthy American families, assets are distributed pretty evenly; to live your life knowing you have no place in the scheme of things, you are not the heir and you’re entitled to nothing really, must be tough. It’s an archaic system and I’m not surprised so many were murdered in these situations.

[quote]Charles is saying the palace is moving in a new direction.

I bet it was the inkwell incident that pushed him over the edge. Watch your backs, bitches!

Why would they, R53? There’s a new Prince & Princess of Wales that needs staff to guide them in their new roles and home/offices.

This is Charles sabotaging others, as per usual.

r53 do you really think anyone was allowed to have a serious conversation about what happens to my job when the Queen dies? Charles certainly wouldn't have spoken to anyone but his most trusted advisors and maybe the Queen's. But I doubt the royal household is an open door policy type of employer where you can ask about what's next when the Queen dies.

I very much can understand why everyone besides those at the top were left in the dark. I would think that he'd kick out some palace staff but I was wrong.

This is all about the bloody pen, isn't it?

Thank you for your warm condolences regarding the loss of Her Majesty, The Queen, my dear mother.

Now get the fuck out - no severance, pensions are cancelled. Anyone who talks to the press gets excommunicated and damned - because I can.

Camilla, make me a sammich before I divorce your ass!

Diana former butler once wrote that Charles dropped some papers on the floor - and called him to come upstairs to pick them up for him

On a side note: I used to like that Royal Butler guy on youtube who gives royal etiquette classes. Mostly because I love a Scottish accent and also because I too have dachshunds.

He has always stated the reason he left Charles employ was because he was "made redundant".

However, upon further investigation, it turns out he worked at Charles country home. When Charles moved mainly to his London home and brought his staff along with him the Royal Butler guy refused to go citing a fear of big cities. He was in turn let go since he wouldn't make the move. He in turn sued Charles and Charles ended up settling. Funny thing is, Royal Butler guy travels all over the world to BIG CITIES giving etiquette classes and doing tv interviews.

The Queen also sued him for using "Royal Buter" in the name of his business. I don't know that the outcome of that lawsuit.

In conclusion, I am over Royal Butler guy Grant whatshisname because I don't like scammers.

Wait, didn't he just inherit Elizabeth's estate tax-free?

The staff following him around during all these proclamations are seriously amateur hour, including that hot guy in a kilt. They let Charles complain in front of a live camera. How the heck to do you let the new king, who you should know is a man-baby, complain about a pen on a live feed. Just get him a regular pen and stop with this old fashioned ink well shit.

I agree, they took their sweet time removing the ink well which was strike one & two. Today was strike three. Cute kilt boy needs to go cause he clearly has few brains for royal service in his pretty little head.

Are we to believe Clarence House will now sit empty with no staff?

After the tens millions Charles spent remodeling it?

And then there's the ongoing renovation of Buckingham Palace, which is costing hundreds of millions.

But you there with the broom, get your bleeding ass out!

A lot of that staff would have been almost as old as the Queen. She couldn't bear to force anyone to retire.

Oh, so it's better because he fired a bunch of old people who've devoted their lives in service to the Monarchy?

No wonder they wanted Joe and Jill Biden to ride a bus to Westminster.

R36 No time like the present. Rip the bandaid off I say. It's not like it was a surprise. Good Lord, she's been at death's door for some time. Out with the old in the with new.

Will it be a double decker bus? They're fun!

DL posters bitch about how much taxpayer money goes to fund the Royal Family -- but then the King reduces obviously, foreseeably redundant staff and now we have a thread complaining about how cruel and petty he is for doing so. FFS.

[quote]Will it be a double decker bus? They're fun!

Now that's the spirit, Mr. Trudeau!

[quote] What an absolute nightmare this twat is gonna be over the next thirty years.

lol. Honey, he ain’t living to no 103.

[quote]But Major Johnny stays, RIGHT?

Let's hope so.

R73. I’m rather turned on by those green bows down Major Johnny’s kilt.

Finally king, It would be a shame if someone poisons his food.

His new staff will be wholly comprised of nubile Hooters waitresses. You don't think the King would settle for looking at Camilla all day, do you?

[quote] Honey, he ain’t living to no 103.

Damn right.

[quote]But Major Johnny stays, RIGHT?

Only until the next time Charles has a temper tantrum.

Probably because Major Johnny gets too much attention.

Well, we'll see r78

Thank you for coming; you're fired!

Thank you for coming; you're fired!

[quote] "Royal Buter" in the name of his business. I don't know that the outcome of that lawsuit.

Oh dear. I really butchered that sentence, both spelling and syntax.

I blame it on my dachshunds, they keep trying to help me type.

God Save the King!

R7 “Sometimes being a c_nt is all a DL’er has to hold on to…

(You’re right about including links)

He’s going to be a disaster. Can’t he wait until a month after the funeral?

And THIS is the plan they've been working on for the last couple of decades?

That is a point r85, and I suspect it tells us all a lot about plans. Theoretically everybody has been planning for this for decades. In reality, everybody has probably been dicking around, putting off doing anything, and then finally getting their shit together in the past few weeks.

Maybe we'll hold off on printing those "Love Live the King" t-shirts and tea towels...

Well, you probably do want to hold off on that one r87. (Sorry, I'm making typos all over these threads, but I couldn't resist.)

R86 Yup. Sounds like every company everywhere. And every country for that matter.

R54...they left because Meghan is a raging cunt who expected to be treated like the Queen herself. She never wanted to follow protocol and instead cried racism every time someone tried to correct or teach her how royalty is to behave. Not our Meghan, no, she couldnt accept the fact she really had no standing and Kate was destined to be Queen, not her bff...and Kate treated her accordingly...which pissed her off even more. She is an immature, petulant child. Harry should have dumped her ass the minute she came between him and his family (its coming, but not for a few more years...shes going to fuck up big time)

r70 this wont save the tax payers any money. The staff is paid for from the sum of the money given to the RF. So the family saved money but not a cent till go back to the British public.

Even if this did save money, there is a way to do this. People were saying protesting during the Queen's mourning is wrong. I think firing royal staff while they too are grieving and working hard to coordinate the transition is also bad. He could have waiting until next week.

Im sure he didnt terminate the effective immediately. He probably gave them 2 weeks or a month. There are things that still need to be done to close up shop per say.

Buckingham Palace is being repurposed as a high end horse stable/tampon stand.

I don't think he actually terminated anybody at all yet r92. There was a notification that a lot of people will not be continuing in their present role. There is a lot of talk about severance pay, about finding other positions, still in royal service somewhere, for a lot of people, ultimately. I'm not saying it doesn't suck to get a notification like that, but it is not true that 100 people have just been thrown out on their ass.

Something similar happened in the 90s when Charles and Diana separated. The other members of the family took most of the staff that were rendered redundant.

With Elizabeth and Phillip dead, the Sussexes out of the country and not working for the Firm, and the need to cut costs (maybe Charles doesn’t want someone playing the bagpipes every morning under his bedroom window the way Elizabeth did), the royal family is overstaffed.

There was a butler who had been with Charles and Diana for years, and had spent his adult life working for the family. Diana fired him without notice because she felt he was a Charles loyalist. Her Kensington Palace neighbor, Princess Michael of Kent, tried to hire him, and Diana pulled rank and blocked the appointment. Then Margaret offered to hire him. Diana backed off because she was scared of Margaret.

I imagine neighbors Margaret, Princess Michael and Diana hated each other and spied on and hissed at each other all the time after the separation, like a geriatric version of Melrose Place.

All well, either way this is bad PR. Because someone should really wonder why two old people who aren't the king and queen needed 100+ staff. Same for William and Kate who also have a small army of staff, it's madness.

Charles has 31 private secretaries, and not one can find a working pen?

Must have been hell to work for Princess Margaret. I'd rather just go into the private field r95 then wait on that witch. She probably makes Charles seem down to Earth.

How far apart do Charles and Camilla live from each other?

Obviously I get that this is a bearding situation. Do they only associate at public events?

^ Camilla sometimes nods to Charles in the hallway - if he seems to be in a good mood.

R28 pray please he stays

Now they want the Bidens to take an Uber from the airport!

You may be right r98. For some reason I thought she had loyal staffers, but she does sound like a pain in the ass, at least here.

This entire family is trashy garbage.

r102...Biden flew the Beast over for transportation...and Charles requesting public transportation and ubers is what a socially and environmentally minded ruler does. Its not about money. The environment is one of Charles favorite causes.

I thought everyone was taking buses. What's this uber shit?

[quote]The environment is one of Charles favorite causes.

Charles is one of Charles' favorite causes.

The Queen hasn't been dead for a week and things are already going to shit. This whole mess just validates why Harry and Megan chose to jump ship.

Stop making excuse for the BRF. This bozo wants Heads of State to take public transportation and Ubers to save on costs. How is that normal or acceptable?

It’s a security issue and if he can’t spring for the expense, make it a Zoom funeral or dip into the nearly £500 billion he inherited, tax-free.

Clarence House was staffed by a bunch of bitchy queens. Of course Charles was going to let them go.

I just can't quite figure out why so many folks on this site, have such an unhealthy obsession with British Royals... it's all so. FUCKING. MEANINGLESS. Get a fucking life.

r105 Charles has taken 5 private jets around the UK in the past few days. He's not environmentally conscious with himself. A leader should lead by example. Everywhere he's gone has public flights he could take and every event will wait for the King's arrival. So in essence, Charles is full of shit and/or the UK is clearly having financial issues.

We all watched on the news as Charles/Camilla or the Queen's corps get floe from one place to another on private or military jets. The go green shit from the Brits right now is a joke.

This could open the floodgates on gossip.

[quote] How does this not make sense to everyone.

The number of people being served is reduced by ONE, all of the properties are remaining unless King Charles plans on selling one of them. It is the properties that require the most upkeep. Not the people, now does it still make sense to you?

Well Charles certainly doesn't need Angela Kelly, unless he plans on dressing in drag.

I thought it was more logistics than green. 2000 limos descending on Westminster Abbey is a pain in the ass they were trying to avoid, I think.

I suspect this is being a little overplayed. It’s probably like when a company gets acquired and there are obvious redundancies. Once the merger is announced, people want to know, you can’t just leave them hanging. Sure, Charles may have known for decades that he would leave Clarence House when QE died, but he’s not going to tell his staff in advance. They would have all started quitting when she was only 85. But they must have all had an inkling this could happen. They were probably going nuts asking what was going to happen, so something had to be communicated.

Charles axed several people from Highgrove when he and Diana separated as well. Anyone he thought was loyal to her. He's a little bitch.

^ I suspect you're full of shit.

Listen here you fuckers! We needed the press to see people crying real tears over the death of a monarch. So we told the staff they were fired!

Perfectly normal, and efforts are being made to find new employment for those made redundant.

"In his letter, seen by the Guardian, Alderton wrote: “The change in role for our principals will also mean change for our household … The portfolio of work previously undertaken in this household supporting the former Prince of Wales’s personal interests, former activities and household operations will no longer be carried out, and the household … at Clarence House will be closed down. It is therefore expected that the need for the posts principally based at Clarence House, whose work supports these areas will no longer be needed.”

Long story short with once The Prince and Princess of Wales now having moved up, Clarence House is now surplus to their requirements. Staff not personally attached the HM and Queen Camilla are being let go.

R119, no I'm not. The pissed off housekeeper wrote a book.

Clarence House having long served as residence for Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales will now be shut down as that occupant leaves for Buckingham Palace and other residences of the sovereign.

This happens all the time when heirs finally inherit throne.

Clarence House may still be used in future as a grace and favor residence for other members of BRF. It may come to pass that the Prince and Princess of Wales will be given the place to use as their residence in London.

If Buckingham Palace is still years from completion, where is Charles going?

HM Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, the Princess Margaret, and the Prince William (before his marriage) are all among royals who have lived at Clarence House in recent memory.

It wouldn't be surprising if Prince of Wales again is given Clarence House for use as London residence for HRH and family.

Apparently it's "partly habitable" r124. The whole thing does sound like a halfassed nightmare, everyone muddling through and pretty much fucking around.

I think he will be a good King. GSTK

It seems Prince Harry has the worst qualities of both parents . The new Prince of Wales is the opposite . He also benefited greatly from the time Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh put in to nurture him.

Elizabeth II moved out of Buckingham Palace back in March preferring Windsor Castle. No word yet on if HM will move into former or like late queen choose latter.

Supposedly William was moving to Windsor Castle. In any case, KP will sit mostly empty after millions was spent to renovate.

Pour more salt on the leeches.

If Major Johnny is redundant, that means there's another one of him!

Really r130? I thought they were kicking some royals out of KP? This whole thing does seem ridiculous. Can everybody sit down, shut up, and not move for a few months? It doesn't sound like anybody has actually thought anything through.

R128, we’re talking about King Scrooge right now.

If they’ve paid you to perform PR services, start with the shitshow orchestrated by the world’s longest serving intern. Harry isn’t even a blip on the radar compared to this joker.

Mama passing away isn’t going to hold water as an excuse after next Monday; training wheels come off during the funeral service.

Prince of Wales has delayed moving himself, wife and family into Windsor castle or any other larger home on estate for time being. The Prince and Princess of Wales cite not wishing to disrupt lives of their children who have just started school.

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Heh, that was my excuse r135

Its not like the kids would change schools.

I’m Betsy Faye Shannon, and I’m a bitch!

I’m sure the kids will be traumatized by moving to a bigger place.

Depending upon what sources one wishes to believe, HM and the Queen will make Buckingham Palace their home in London, through HM as said there is no rush about making move.

Buckingham Palace is a big drafty barn of a place (had rodent issues in past), and not at all a home sort of place. But is is considered the official London residence of sovereign so like it or not HM may have to move in, if only to use place as an "office" so to speak.

HM the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh apparently weren't keen on moving into BP, but were similarly informed it is the sovereign's London residence so....

Didn't Philip hate BP? Actually doesn't everybody? Except of course the randos who apparently wander in and out now and then.

^ They're in no rush to move from Clarence House

So they rushed to fire all their longtime staff at Clarence House

[quote] Well Charles certainly doesn't need Angela Kelly, unless he plans on dressing in drag

Ms. Kelly will be working for me effective immediately.

Charles is cheap AF when it comes to his own money.

R143

Read linked Guardian article above. It isn't as if entire staff at Clarence House has been given the push.

Those that have been given their notice will have time yet before their departure.

Bulk of those given notice are those in positions that are either redundant, and or will be replaced by staff from the Palace.

So when no one is living at Frogmore Cottage they've got like a housekeeper and a few gardeners there. Then when the Sussexes show up Charles or William has to loan them some staff? And the staff are going, "Oh, please not me".

Look I don't care, just bring me a fucking pen that doesn't leak.

Buckingham Palace is a old, huge, drafty, rodent infested pile of bricks. Don't believe many modern royals relished living at the place.

Sorry, Sire, the leaky pen is one of our finest traditions, here on some godforsaken rock in the middle of nowhere, with some goddamn piece of paper.

BP has and still is undergoing extensive renovations to bring it up to modern standards and beyond. Even with all that vastness of the place simply defies making it seem a "home" so to speak.

Before William and Kate moved into the big place at KP, there was some very extensive modifications.

At the time, it was agreed by W & K that they would remain in KP until such time as W takes the throne.

I'm not sure why C&C are so quick to move into BP from Clarence House. I thought BP was undergoing a lot of long delayed maintenance and repairs, including extensive asbestos. In addition to that, the whole Royal Family hated BP. The poster up thread who used "barn" to describe BP

Perhaps it's about maintaining the facade. Too bad. Clarence House is supposedly lovely.

It's most likely a cost reducing measure since people who don't do their research often bitch endlessly about how the BRF are a huge waste of money.

It also aligns with his plans to scale down the monarchy and his environmentalist views. Princess Michael of Kent and Rachel must both be seething as we speak.

[quote]Princess Michael of Kent and Rachel must both be seething as we speak.

True, but with all the renovating and moving around and overall chaos, everyone can probably just live where they want and nobody will notice for a year.

It's almost like making your life depend upon the whims of a bunch of Rich inbred spoiled sheltered assholes was a bad idea or something.

They should start selling off real estate. KP could be converted to condos.

I do take some interest in the family, but when you see how they live it makes me glad I'm not a taxpayer. That freeloader Andrew and Fergie alone have a fucking palace.

On some level none of this is rather new. Historically a demise in crown causing heir to inherit/move up brings about a flurry of activity regarding households, offices, and so forth.

Major Johnny looks like Armie Hammer in that one pic

[quote]What an absolute nightmare this twat is gonna be over the next thirty years.

Thirty years? He'll be 74 next month.

^^Sorry, he'll be 74 in November. ^^

Both of HM's parents lived very long lives, thus wouldn't rule Charles III out for hitting making it through his 80's. But all in all it's not going to be a very long reign, anything beyond say 20 years will be gravy.

Prince of Wales likely will look forward to 30 or more years on throne.

Charles is modernizing the monarchy. Rachel is seething.

The first order of business: replace all dip pens and ink pots with BIC Rollerballs.

Says the cheating motherfucker and shitty husband with the homewrecking Rottweiler of a wife who inherited his job.

2nd order: better make sure toothpaste is exactly 1" on toothbrush.

[quote] What was it Diana said about Charles never being King?—She May Have Been Closer to the Mark than We Knew

How? She's been disproved by the the fact that he IS now King.

There is no getting around it. Even if he died tomorrow, he would still have ruled the UK as Charles III. He is the King.

Ways that King Charles will be modernizing the monarchy could be a whole ‘nother thread.

The Telegraph: A palace source insisted that “every effort” had been made to delay such moves until after the Queen’s funeral.

But they said that legal advice taken by the household meant the information had to be shared at the earliest opportunity.

Any staff made redundant are expected to receive “enhanced” redundancy payments. No staff will be affected for at least three months.

"He isn't Henry VIII moving from one pissed off earl's home to another as he travels round the kingdom eating them out of house and home and fucking their wives, daughters, and housemaids."

Give me some time.

R103 is Pakistani.

Maybe he is taking the money from the staff and paying reparations for people of color who rebuilt the country after WW2?....Bravo King Charles!!...Sell some castles too....Free Canada while you are at it!!

R172 also sounds Pakistani

R173 = Or I sound like a white American who recognizes the Monarchy is an institution built on racism?.....Nice try. Did your fingers get tired of calling everyone a MAGA too?...

Prince William (to blacks known as the Windrush Generation).......THANK YOU....You have been wronged.............Prince William then proceeded to offer ZERO dollars compensation before going back to one of his multiple castles. Abolish the Monarchy.

Every existing institution is built on all the isms.

Well, except the good one. Jism.

For those unfamiliar while it is possible to do so without, majority of employment in UK is by contract. If something is going to end that contact sooner than it would have expired normally, employee must be given adequate notice. Employment contracts are pretty common all over Europe.

This is in contrast to United States where most local laws favor at-will employment. Simply put an employer can terminate an employee anytime for any reason without having to establish just cause. Long as reason for termination isn't illegal (such as discrimination), that is that.

[quote] Prince William then proceeded to offer ZERO dollars compensation before going back to one of his multiple castles

Biden is too wary to hand out dollars to a certain demographic.

I really think they thought the old gal had a few more years, especially if Charles was having dinner with Jenna Bush the night before his mother died.

Hence the quick move to the Windsor house for William and Kate, etc. No matter how well things are planned for the funeral, there are so many other things going on.

Looking at picture in R136 of young princes and find it odd that UK schools still keep young boys in short pants. Cannot think of any private or public school in USA that does same, but suppose there are a few somewhere.

Prince William isn't the government. Learn about constitutional monarchy, R175, unless the sensation of stupid feels that good.

[quote]Cannot think of any private or public school in USA that does same

Well, that settles it.

[quote]How? She's been disproved by the the fact that he IS now King.

Asperger's much?

[quote]There is no getting around it. Even if he died tomorrow, he would still have ruled the UK as Charles III. He is the King.

And what a magnificent reign he's had!

End the Monarchy.

Being a bitch over a pen? His mother was a WW2 mechanic during The Blitz. Grow a pair Charlie.

Then transport request to funeral attendees was straightforwardly practical and didn't originate with Charles. There isn't the space for 50 private jets arriving at Heathrow and 500 limousines trying to get to the Abbey. It was nothing to do with environmental issues.

He didn’t fire them.

In the UK, when you are undertaking staff reductions, you have to go through the consultation process.

Every employee in affected areas receive notice that their jobs MAY be affected. Doesn’t mean they are.

No idea whether this is really true or not, but one of the British commentators currently infesting Australian TV via live cross claimed the other night that William and Kate have office staff but almost no household staff. She said they have a cleaner, but they cook for themselves.

Now, no matter how hands-on Kate is with the kids you've got to assume they have a nanny, if only as a built-in babysitter when Royal engagements occur outside school hours or take them overseas, and similarly there has to be someone to cook for the kids when they're absent, but apparently it is a very small retinue by Royal standards. So the entire staff of Windsor Castle will still be required, one assumes. They can't go on without household staff to run a palace.

What a stupid post. Their KP digs are enormous - they have staff. You think Kate cooks? She barely eats.

Since arrival of their first child, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have had a nanny. Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo is the real thing, a graduate of famed Norland school for nannies, not some jumped up child minder.

Latest news however is with P and Pss of Wales moving into new digs their nanny will no longer live in, but will act more like a daily.

Charles has fired no-one. What he has done is inform his staff that the new reign will lead to job changes or some redundancies (analogous to the process that happens when one US presidential administration comes to an end and another begins).

Under UK law, an employer should provide notice to employees if he/she is just considering redundancies. This is known as the consultation period.

Charles is trying to redeploy the staff across the Royal households and estates, but he has followed best practice by ensuring that any that won’t/can’t are being given adequate warning and very generous redundancy packages, so by all accounts they’re being well looked after as far as I can tell.

Thank you, R193. I assume many posters are from the US so don’t understand UK employment law but this whole thread is misleading.

Off With Their Heads Of Staff

Oh please, they're not being fired, most of them are being redeployed. It even says so in the Guardian article linked above.

Charles will prove to be an excellent King, you just watch. For several years he has said his reign will trim down the firm" and various palace staffs. As well, any large corporation has too many on the payroll.

What do people think happened to Harry and Meghan’s staff when they fucked off to North America?

[quote]I’m not the OP, but you are deffo a cunt.

Nope. He was right to ask for a link. People like the OP haven't been linking to stories lately because they're big whiny babies who think they're "punishing" Mediapolis by not linking, since they can't link to the DM.

Mediapolis doesn't give a shit, and DLers just think you're a fucking moron if you can't even provide a basic link.

They were reassigned, r198, just like r196 said. Some went to work for William.

OP, your thread head is dead wrong. I am glad several here are intelligent enough to get the situation correctly.

[quote]This bozo wants Heads of State to take public transportation and Ubers to save on costs. How is that normal or acceptable? It’s a security issue and if he can’t spring for the expense, make it a Zoom funeral or dip into the nearly £500 billion he inherited, tax-free.

And if he really is that committed to greening the UK and environmentalism, then he should be using secure electric vehicles to get his guests safely to his mother's funeral. But I bet he baulks at that cost as well.

I find it hard to believe Kate and William don't have a cook, for logical reasons, and I theorize they will be in a bigger place - Windsor Castle probably as renovations aren't needed - within the year. Their new roles, the visibility required by the new reign, makes it kind of impractical to imagine William or Kate home in time to cook dinner. Adelaide Cottage is four bedrooms... so if they are up country or away overnight, is the Nanny going to sleep on the couch or in their bed? A house like they're in doesn't seem like it's up to the job. It's one thing to strive to create the emotional aspect of happy Middletons and that's smart but to try to live like it seems impractical.

[quote]And if he really is that committed to greening the UK and environmentalism, then he should be using secure electric vehicles to get his guests safely to his mother's funeral. But I bet he baulks at that cost as well.

Are you trolling or just in your cynicism gone notably stupid?

Assuming - generously - there is a fleet of these secure electric vehicles plugged in around London at the moment, he doesn't sit around deciding which vehicles go where. As in all things, experts present him with a plan, which he signs off on, generally with advice from his Private Secretary and other experts based on their review of the plan. But your picky parsing says you don't give a damn about the environmental argument as much as taking a run at the whole thing. Which is fine, but why not have the character just to say what you're really thinking or feeling, rather than cloaking it in badly argued bullshit?

R199 but they can link to the DM

The stupid message you get is just that: a stupid message.

The Prince and Princess of Wales have said going forward they wish to give their children a normal as possible upbringing.

As part of move to new digs, their nanny will live out in aide of above effort. Still a full time employee and paid as such, one assumes Nanny Borrallo will assist largely with youngest child (Prince Louis) since the other two are now at school all day. This and of course being on hand for things like minding the royal children when their parents are out or away.

Why all the hubbub? They can just ask their mummies for cash if they’re so poor.

And now they are talking. Prince Charles made them iron his shoelaces and squeeze his toothpaste for him.

Charles is proving himself to be the useless, insufferable boob he’s always been rumoured to be.

Staff reductions are just a normal part of working life. These people all have a CV that most people would greatly envy. They've worked for The Monarch, some for decades. They should have little trouble getting new jobs. And considering how notoriously stingy the Royal Family was with staff salaries they'll probably get jobs making more money.

None of those stories about Charles are new - they were published years ago. Literally no-one has actually lost their job yet, and to blab or make a fuss would not be in their interest.

R27- and stop being a FUCKIN ALCOHOLIC

Staff reductions are just a normal part of working life

Only in the US Sweetie. You're a slave without the benefits.

OP- He didn't FIRE his entire staff he made them

REDUNDANT.

Well, technically, his old ma made them redundant.

[quote] Only in the US Sweetie.

Well apparently in the UK too, Sugar.

Bless your heart but this is more shocking to the Brits than the inkwell episode.