According to the British daily The Guardian, a letter was sent to the staff of Clarence House, the home of the former prince who became king.
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The house staff, the communications team, the private secretaries, the finance office: all these employees received the disturbing letter. Signed by the new king’s main assistant, it says that certain positions will be “no longer necessary”. According The Guardian, a hundred jobs are thus threatened. The British daily has indeed had access to the document addressed to the staff of Clarence House, the residence of Charles so far.
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Several dozen employees are warned that job cuts will be “inevitable”. In fact, they will duplicate those that already exist in Buckingham, where Charles III will work from now on, although it is not yet known if he will live there, like his mother Elizabeth. Finally, the document specifies that these dismissals will not take place before three months and the compensation will be “improved“.
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— The Guardian (@guardian) September 13, 2022
The Public Service Union talks about an announcement “heartless“, in the midst of national mourning and asks for job security. Yet those who worked for the Prince of Wales know that they will not follow him once he becomes king, confides one of his former butlers. for him, the rules are clear, as soon as he changes title and residence, those around him lose their jobs.
Already reduced by Elizabeth II, the lifestyle of the royal family must be further lowered according to Crown specialists: this is one of the tasks now incumbent on Charles III.