Dozens of employees of the staff of Clarence Housethe residence of Charles III when he was Prince of Wales before becoming the new king, have received notice that they will be fired soon, amid farewell ceremonies for the late Elizabeth II.
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As revealed on Tuesday by the newspaper Guardianup to a hundred workers at the king’s former official residence have received letters informing them that their services are no longer required and that they will be helped to find new jobs.
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Those affected include private secretaries, the financial office, the communications team and household staffsome of which are decades old, who received the news in the middle of the religious service in honor of the queen in the cathedral of Saint Giles, in Edinburgh, on Monday.
“Everyone is furious, including the private secretaries and the command team. All the staff had been working very hard since Thursday night (when Elizabeth II died) to come across this… People are very upset.” he told Guardian an unidentified source.
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In a letter, to which that newspaper had access, Carlos III’s main adviser, Clive Alderton, explained to the employees that “The change of role for our superiors will also mean changes for the residence”.
All the staff had been working very hard since Thursday night (when Elizabeth II died)
“The portfolio of work previously held by this residence supporting the Prince of Wales’s personal interests, previous activities and domestic operations will no longer continue, and the Clarence House residence will close,” Alderton said.
“Therefore, it is expected that the positions based mainly in Clarence House … will no longer be needed,” he adds.
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Acknowledging that this is “disturbing” news, Alderton informs the employees of the support they will receive to relocate to other jobs and the “increased” compensation they will receive above that required by law.
A Clarence House spokesman explained that the operations of the residence of the Prince of Wales have ended and therefore “a consultation process has been opened”, which will mean that “although some redundancies are unavoidable”, alternative roles are being “identified for the most of the staff.
According to the Clarence House Annual Digest, Carlos III employed the equivalent of 101 full-time employeesa third of whom worked in the office of private secretaries.
EFE
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