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I was wondering about the number of staff that the earl and countess have and if they have a nanny. Does the queen pay for the staff?
This is not really a big staff when you consider the size of Bagshot Park and the immense grounds it sits on. Also, I'm surprised they share an assistant. This is the son of the Monarch! You'd think he'd have his own PA, but I guess it does sorta showcase that they are trying to keep it all very low-key.Here is a list of the Staff the Earl and Countess of Wessex have. I might be able to find exact names later.
1. Nanny
2. Housekeeper of Bagshot Park
3. Two maids at Bagshot Park
4. Groundskeeper
5. Gardener at Bagshoot Park
6. Personal assistant
7 Private secretary
8 Three bodyguards
Apparently the maids for Windsor, Buckingham Palace, Balmoral and Sandringham are in the employment of the Queen and are loaned out. Sophie doesn't have a lady in waiting, but I presume the personal assistant does the same work. The personal assistent and private secretary are shared with between the Earl and Countess of Wessex.
Interesting story of one of their former bodyguards, He had been recently made a member of the VIP protection services and was called urgently in the middle of the night to accompany Lady Louise to Tooting Hospital and to remain with her until she left. He stayed by Louise as she lay in her incubator for the first few days of her life.
Sophie and Edward became very fond of him and were very disappointed when he was reassigned to the Duchess of Cornwall. The reason for his reassignment was that Charles wanted the only black VIP guard to be in his service.
Why can't you find pictures of the wessex children? As many reporters that they have in London you can't find the wessex out with there children anywhere!
That may wll be because the Wessex's are probably too snobbish to walk the streets, and prefer to not have to stepon "public" land unless they absolutely! After the Queen, it is the Wessex's who have the largest house!
That may wll be because the Wessex's are probably too snobbish to walk the streets, and prefer to not have to stepon "public" land unless they absolutely! After the Queen, it is the Wessex's who have the largest house!
Being protective of their children's privacy hardly makes them "snobbish". If they were well and truly snobbish, we would have HRH Princess Louise of Wessex and HRH Prince James of Wessex instead of Lady Louise and Viscount Severn.
Bagshot Park, while physically larger, has been either cheaper or on par in cost of aquisition and renovation for the Queen and family as Gatcombe Park, Sunninghill Park, Highgrove and Royal Lodge.
If they were well and truly snobbish, we would have HRH Princess Louise of Wessex and HRH Prince James of Wessex instead of Lady Louise and Viscount Severn.
Bagshot Park, while physically larger, has been either cheaper or on par in cost of aquisition and renovation for the Queen and family as Gatcombe Park, Sunninghill Park, Highgrove and Royal Lodge.
Actually Edward and Sophie don't OWN Bagshot Park, it is rented from the crown estate and even then he doesn't rent the whole park, only really the manor house. A friend of mine was stationed there with his regiment and is quiet confident that the tabloids must have been counting every cupboard as rooms when they jugde the size. The reason the army left was because they found it too small.
As for Louise and James - jugding from your response it is understandable that they wish to keep them of the public. They do not belong to the public, they are not our property, nor is it our right to see them or Edward and Sophie's duty to display them.
My point about the Wessex's snobbery (and Edward in particular!) was a slightly broader point (and most certainly meant to be taken light heartedly), and perhaps I did not explain make my point as well as I should have. It is absolutely no secret that Edward in incredibly difficult as an individual, and especially as an employer (on par, perhaps with the PoW) and expects to be treated as a very senior royal, which he is not. The Wessex's do seem to like the grand lifestyle, and it was commented on when they took on the lease of Bagshott House as to why they might need such a big house and how they might pay for its upkeep.
And how do you know that exactly? Are you a fly on the wall?
I would love to be a fly in the wall, but just not at Bagshot Park. My thoughts in relation to Edward are based on what I have read written about various members of the royal family over the years. I am not referring to any one particular article.
The Queen pays for the upkeep and staffing at Bagshot Park, which is likely to be in the form of reimbursement to the Crown Estate for maintenance costs. There is no way Edward and Sophie could maintain such a large home and grounds with their own limited funds.
is this why the British royal family is g
ing broke?