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Paul Kidd worked as a royal steward between 1975 and 1982, serving senior members of the Royal Family, including the Queen herself. He recalled the first time that Her Majesty’s lunch was served in the documentary “Royal Servants”, uploaded to YouTube in 2011. Mr. Kidd claimed that the Queen said of the food she received at Buckingham Palace: “I think dogs they eat better. “
The butler explained, “When I served lunch to the Queen for the first time in my life, she picked up the menu and said” What do I have for lunch? “
“And she’s reading the menu, she put her glasses on and she put it back on and she looked at me, gave me a beautiful smile and said ‘I think dogs feed better.'”
The Queen is famous for having corgis and has had at least one at any given time between 1933 and 2018.
According to Ryan Parry, a Daily Mirror reporter who was undercover as a palace lackey for two months in 2003, he sometimes gave corgis some breakfast toast.
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Queen Elizabeth II had an unexpectedly derogatory comment about the palace food (Image: GETTY)
Former royal butler Paul Kidd (Image: YouTube – MyDigitalRealm)
Of course, the implication that the food served to the Royal Family is not very good is as far removed from what the rest of the world imagines as is the case.
For example, Jeremy Paxman claimed in his 2006 book “On Royalty” that Prince Charles is so finicky about his perfect soft-boiled eggs that up to seven are prepared for him each morning.
The royal family is especially associated with their lavish banquets with many courses and of course they have excellent professional chefs and service staff available at all times.
Perhaps this means that Queen’s statement was more ironic than serious.
Ryan Parry was undercover as a palace lackey in 2003 (Image: YouTube – MyDigitalRealm)
Either way, it is moments like this with the Queen that the servants yearn for, according to the documentary, called “face time” with the Royal Family.
Evening Standard Royal Correspondent Robert Jobson said: “It is when minor servants spend time one-on-one with members of the Royal Family, and the reality is that it is quite a stir for these people.”
It is almost as if they are in the presence of something special, which is contagious and a real buzz comes out: they can go and talk about it with their friends and they feel very important.
“And even though they are paid very little money and live in fairly servile rooms, this is exactly what they live for.”
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Royal Correspondent Robert Jobson (Image: YouTube – MyDigitalRealm)
The glamor of Buckingham Palace can surprise people (Image: GETTY)
However, this “face time” may end up consisting of extremely servile tasks.
Peter Russell, who was a royal servant from 1954 to 1968, described having to serve the queen’s sister, Princess Margaret, whom she described as “very difficult.”
He told the documentary: “Of course, at a banquet, for example, or on a big social occasion, it meant you had to dance with her all night, possibly to stand on her left or right with an ashtray, so He didn’t. I don’t have to look to see where he dumped his ash.
However, for many servants, a job at the Palace is a ticket to where they come from.
Many come from environments that are completely opposite of real life luxury and are completely stunned by everything.
Clive Goodman, a former royal correspondent for News of the World, explained: “They are completely impressed by the glamor, wealth and brilliance of the Royal Family.
“And they come down with a big dose of red carpet fever.”
Former royal servant Peter Russell (Image: YouTube – MyDigitalRealm)
Kidd explained that when he got a job at the royal house, he left his council house in Lancashire to move to Buckingham Palace, “the most prestigious address in the world.”
Russell recalled that his mother had been “totally elated” about her new job.
He said, “She couldn’t wait to go buy a bottle of sherry and ask all the neighbors to come in and have a drink because her son suddenly got a job at a royal palace.”
