Queen Elizabeth II is the most famous woman in the world. Since ruling since 1952, the Queen has steadily developed a routine for how she lives her life – one that requires her staff to do some fantastic jobs around the palace and beyond.
The queen has someone to break her shoes
Everyone likes new shoes, but no one likes to break them. For the Queen, however, the less compelling part of the process is left together. It turns out that Queen Elizabeth is not broken in her own shoes. While adjusting to the new pair of flats, the Queen walks around in pain indicating that it will be a crime. Instead, her personal assistant and senior dresser, Angela Kelly, is tasked with preventing the Queen from dealing with blisters.
The staff of the Royal Palace must keep count of all the swans of England
Although the queen is known for her love of dogs, there is another animal that will play a special role in the internal affairs of the royal family: the swan. Every year, the staff of the royal palace is assigned the task of counting the swan throughout England and checking whether a new person has called it home.
According to the royal family’s official website, the queen “retains the right to claim any ownership of a swan without a sword in open water.” With that said, goose ownership is largely centered on the River Thames, where staff are sent each year to count and mark up any new goose.
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The royal staff includes a designated musical composer
Music is an important part of most events, and the Royals are no strangers to hosting engagements. It turns out that the lustful job inside the palace walls belongs to the musician – who puts the songs together. The musician writes pieces for various occasions in the family, and the job is very workable. Although it is not necessary for the royal staff to have a full-time position, the Queen has retained well-known British musicians in the past.
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Someone winds the palace clocks and keeps an eye on the Queen’s stamp collection
The Queen lives in Buckingham Palace, a huge, 828,000 square foot house (well, a palace), apparently full of clocks. There are so many analog watches that the Queen invented a royal clock to take care of them all (there are 450 clocks in Windsor Castle alone).
In addition to the clockmaker, the Queen has also hired someone to oversee her intricate stamp collection. Although the task may not seem boring, it turns out that the Queen’s stamp collection is a staggering 130 million – certainly not the kind of collection that will make a mess.
The employees of the palace are not allowed to vacuum
Although the Queen takes her staff job for a special reason, there is one thing she is told not to do when working for her: a vacuum. The vacuum inside the palace walls is very loud and it can be unpleasant for people living and working behind its doors. Having said that, the palace staff must succeed, as it creates a very peaceful atmosphere.
