The Royal Household, Courtiers, Advisers and Attendants 2: Sep 2022 -


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I can see that William might not want someone talking to the media but equally what Jason has said it nothing but positive for William. It is quite par for the course for former senior officials to speak out from time to time.
 
tommy100 said:
I can see that William might not want someone talking to the media but equally what Jason has said it nothing but positive for William. It is quite par for the course for former senior officials to speak out from time to time.
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It's also par for the course that there will be the occasional program that discusses the future monarch.
 
Hans-Rickard said:
Without knowing, Jason does not come off to me as someone who would talk about William to the media without having informed William beforehand of what he was going to say…
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I’m sure William would have known about the interview beforehand, and that Jason wouldn’t have done it without getting prior approval. It seems like Jason did an exemplary job during his time working for the Royal Family, and William likely knew he could trust him to be friendly and open without being indiscreet.
 
Hans-Rickard said:
Without knowing, Jason does not come off to me as someone who would talk about William to the media without having informed William beforehand of what he was going to say…
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I would agree as he was obviously told about Catherine’s illness at the time.

I have just read that the programme is actually about William as a future King, I had thought the whole programme was Jason. There are other contributors, I would suggest after reading that there is no doubt that William has agreed to Jason speaking.
 
Queen Claude said:
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I liked how Jason explained that neither William nor Catherine are interested in the 'fame' that comes with their role. They have no choice but accept being public figures as part of their job/role but it's not something they are interested in at all. And according to him, 'what you see is what you get', or in other words, their public persona is very similar to their private one.

And in terms of William's engagement with the Earthshot Prize: calling all football stadiums to replace their plastic with a more sustainable alternative, shows that his heart is in it (and that he knows his call will probably make a difference someone else calling would not).

About the beard: 'it's there' (according to William) and 'if Catherine wouldn't like it, it wouldn't be there' (according to Jason).

All in all, he chooses his words very carefully; as is to be expected from someone who worked as their press officer in the past.
 
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The new Canadian prime minister's brother Sean is the chief operating officer at Kensington Palace.

Source: CBC
 
Here are photos from the wedding of the King's equerry, Lieutenant Colonel Johnny Thompson, and Olivia Lewis.
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Grant Harrold, the then Prince of Wales's butler (now Charles III) was a guest in the Daily T Podcast with Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley. The podcast covers his early life in North Lanarkshire, career as a butler in Highgrove and encounter with members of the royal family (including the late Queen and Prince Philip). His new book ‘The Royal Butler: My remarkable life of royal service’ will be published on August 28 2025
 
As I'm watching the interview above with Grant Harrold, former butler to the then Charles Prince of Wales, I see a marked contrast with another royal staffer, Diana's, that made a career exploiting private moments. Grant Harold, in comparison, speaks with great respect about the people he worked for and even when defending them he doesn't go down the telling embellished gossip road.

e mentions what he saw in key moments and from his perspective as an observer without giving the royals lines or thoughts they never voiced in public. Very respectful.
 
Iluvbertie said:
Not necessarily. It depends on the royal and the job.
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I have a feeling going forward they might be, too many tell all books, some quite innocent but others not so.
The live in staff in particular are around all the time, even if they are not on duty they are in the building, chatting to colleagues , a bit of gossip back and forwards. Nothing is really private. Some have not sold their story, or maybe there was a nice pension fund to keep them silent, I do not know but I have a feeling that NDA's will be the order of the day going forward, especially with anybody working closely to senior royals.
 
You have to admire the King for his follow-through with merit based appointments. It's really terrific that, in this case, the best man for the job is a woman. Better still, that unlike civil servants or the palace's Aides and secretaries, his or her Military career is a reasonably open book.

Military personnel seem to have a built-in bulls*** meter and the measure of anyone high in the chain of command is reflected by the esteem in which they are held by their immediate contempories and the degree of respect shown by their subordinates.
 
You need expedient, bright, *honest*, clever, kind, thorough, no daffy sillies or people who think, more really feel deep down, they are entitled to have a role because relatives did etc .... baring the L/C related roles which do run through families still.
 
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Fab news!
Also, didn’t know the Royal Mews was relocating to Windsor. Interesting.
 
Wouldn’t that be a bit inconvenient in the future though, when things like State visits require carriages and horses down the Mall?

It seems to me to be a big hint that things will be centred much more around Windsor Castle when such transport is required, due to the fact that BP as a royal residence is disliked by both the King and POW. They much prefer their own private homes.

It looks to me as if even after the end of the long BP renovation the Palace is going to be a ceremonial ‘home’ plus royal and diplomatic offices rather than anything longterm residential for the monarchs in the future.
 
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