Royal household is recruiting a live-in housekeeping assistant

Her Majesty is hiring! The Queen is seeking a £19,000-a-year housekeeping assistant – and perks include Buckingham Palace accommodation

  • The Royal Family website is hiring a cleaner to join its staff at Windsor Castle 
  • The new role will involve the upkeep and cleaning of the two royal residences
  • The selected candidate will follow a training programme over 13 months 
  • The salary is £19,000 in return for 30 hours a week from Monday to Sunday 
  • Housekeeping role is offered with live-in accommodation and all meals provided 

The Royal family is hiring a cleaner to join its Windsor Castle staff, a new advert on the Buckingham Palace website shows. 

The role will involve the upkeep of Windsor, where the Queen, 94, and Prince Philip‘s, 99, are currently based, as well as Buckingham Palace, and has an annual salary of £19,000.

The winning candidate will learn-on-the-job, whilst working alongside the team to upkeep, clean and care for the interiors of the homes – ensuring that they are fit for a Queen.

Last year, reports claimed the Queen was ‘furious’ after Royal Household staff revolted against a plan for them to stay in a coronavirus bubble at Sandringham over Christmas

The Royal family is hiring a cleaner to join its Windsor Palace and Buckingham Palace staff, a new advert on the Buckingham Palace website shows  

The job advert, which was shared online this week, is based at Windsor Castle with a salary of £19,140

The job advert, which was shared online this week, is based at Windsor Castle with a salary of £19,140

The Level 2 Housekeeping Apprenticeship will see the candidate learn on the job, supported by a mentor and a 13-month learning programme, before joining the permanent team to deliver ‘exceptional standards’. 

It continues to explain that it will also provide them with an understanding of the wider hospitality profession.

Once the apprenticeship comes to an end, the candidate will get the chance to become a permanent member of the team. 

The advertisement states that the household are looking for someone with a ‘proactive approach and willingness to tackle new challenges’.

The winning candidate will learn-on-the-job, whilst working alongside the team to upkeep, clean and care for the interiors of the homes – ensuring that they are fit for a Queen

 The winning candidate will learn-on-the-job, whilst working alongside the team to upkeep, clean and care for the interiors of the homes – ensuring that they are fit for a Queen

According to the job advert, candidates will be based mainly in either Windsor Castle or Buckingham Palace but will also ‘work across other residences throughout the year.’ 

It goes on to say the applicants must be ‘practically minded, with great attention to detail’ and that they should always ‘aim for the highest standards’. 

All apprenticeships require candidates to gain a qualification in English and Maths. 

However if the candidate is successful but doesn’t already have these qualifications to the required level, they will be supported to gain them as part of the apprenticeship. 

According to the job advert, candidates will be based mainly in either Windsor Castle or Buckingham Palace but will also 'work across other residences throughout the year'

According to the job advert, candidates will be based mainly in either Windsor Castle or Buckingham Palace but will also ‘work across other residences throughout the year’

The housekeeper will also get to travel to other royal homes for around three months of the year. 

Candidates will also be offered the chance to live-in the palace, with all meals and travel expenses provided, for which there is a salary adjustment.

The job adverts states candidates need to manage the ‘upkeep, clean and care’ of lavish interiors and priceless items, ensuring they’re ‘presented to their very best’.   

The job advert comes months after reports emerged the Queen was  ‘furious’ after Royal Household staff revolted against a plan for them to stay in a coronavirus bubble at Sandringham over Christmas.

A team of about 20 employees had been asked to remain on the monarch’s Norfolk estate without their families to support her, Prince Philip and other members of the Royal Family during the festive period.

But the group – said to involve cleaners, laundry and maintenance workers – are believed to have mutinied because they are unwilling to isolate from loved ones for four weeks.