Up to 100 employees at the King\u2019s former official residence, including some who have worked there for decades, received notification that they could lose their jobs just as they were working round the clock to smooth his elevation to the throne.<\/p>\n
Private secretaries, the finance office, the communications team and household staff are among those who received notice during the thanksgiving service for the Queen, at St Giles\u2019 Cathedral in Edinburgh on Monday, that their posts were on the line.<\/p>\n
Many staff had assumed they would be amalgamated into the King\u2019s new household, claiming they were given no indication of what was coming until the letter from Sir Clive Alderton, the King\u2019s top aide, arrived. One source said: \u201cEverybody is absolutely livid, including private secretaries and the senior team. All the staff have been working late every night since Thursday, to be met with this. People were visibly shaken by it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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