The Queen’s Head Housekeeper Quits Amid Royal Staff Christmas Bubble “Revolt”

The Queen’s Head Housekeeper Quits Amid Royal Staff Christmas Bubble “Revolt”

From Cosmopolitan


Kay, so remember when news broke that the royal staff at Sandringham were in a full-blown “revolt” over the Queen’s Christmas plans? Well, now it looks like her head housekeeper of 30 years has quit over the drama.

As a quick refresher, The Express’s royal correspondent Richard Palmer reported back in October that the Queen would be spending the holidays in Sandringham, despite what he called a “staff revolt over attempts to make them isolate from their families.” Details at the time were sparse, but apparently, Her Majesty was “furious” after she found out workers were refusing to isolate in order to “be able to join a small bubble of close aides serving the monarch over Christmas.”

Photo credit: Chris Jackson - Getty Images
Photo credit: Chris Jackson - Getty Images

Flash-forward to now, and the drama doesn’t seem to be dying down. The Sun reports that the Queen’s head housekeeper of 32 years, Patricia Earl, has resigned. The outlet claims she was “said to be embarrassed after some servants refused to COVID-19 bubble for four weeks over the festive period so that the Queen and Prince Philip would be able to stay there safely.”

Due to all this drama, Queen Elizabeth II will now stay at Windsor Castle over the holidays for the first time in 33 years. Meanwhile, a Buckingham Palace spokesman reportedly said this of Earl’s resignation: “This was a completely amicable departure.”

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