The Lord Chamberlain runs the Royal Household and is the most senior figure at the Palace after the Queen herself. His day is a long one and, similar to his boss, involves meetings at various times during the day and a great deal of paperwork. He does not use magic to help here as, like the Queen and Eileen, he is wary of the power of magic when dealing with papers. The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a very well known tale in the Kingdom and magic has been known to set papers alight so the Lord Chamberlain will not use spells to help him do his job.
The first meeting of the day is with the Queen over an early cup of tea in the royal study. His role is to update the monarch on any problems arising with staff and/or with those normally resident in the Palace (this includes the Council). The Queen brings to his attention anything concerning her and it is expected by the end of that day the problems are dealt with. They normally are. Nobody argues much with the Lord Chamberlain partly out of respect for him but mainly because they know the Queen will back him up every time. He is like a father figure to her.
The Lord Chamberlain's second meeting of the day is held over breakfast which he always shares with the Royal Housekeeper. Magic is used to help keep supplies topped up and to import items from Earth. Earth food goes down very well, particularly chocolate. The Royal Housekeeper is directly responsible for staff discipline and anything she can't manage goes to him. This is why Stan and Wes, when being reckless individuals who spent most of their time fighting, were sent to her to deal with and afterwards she sent them to the Lord Chamberlain. Even he had to give up with these two which is why the Queen exiled them both to Earth. Nobody in the Household was sorry about this.
The next meeting is at lunch where the morning's work is reviewed with both the Queen and the Royal Housekeeper. The Lord Chamberlain then has some richly deserved time off before coming back on duty again for about 4 pm. Gardening staff also report to him at about this time. Finally after dinner, the Lord Chamberlain meets again with the Queen to bring her up to date with the events of the day from the Royal Household's viewpoint before having the rest of the evening off.
The first meeting of the day is with the Queen over an early cup of tea in the royal study. His role is to update the monarch on any problems arising with staff and/or with those normally resident in the Palace (this includes the Council). The Queen brings to his attention anything concerning her and it is expected by the end of that day the problems are dealt with. They normally are. Nobody argues much with the Lord Chamberlain partly out of respect for him but mainly because they know the Queen will back him up every time. He is like a father figure to her.
The Lord Chamberlain's second meeting of the day is held over breakfast which he always shares with the Royal Housekeeper. Magic is used to help keep supplies topped up and to import items from Earth. Earth food goes down very well, particularly chocolate. The Royal Housekeeper is directly responsible for staff discipline and anything she can't manage goes to him. This is why Stan and Wes, when being reckless individuals who spent most of their time fighting, were sent to her to deal with and afterwards she sent them to the Lord Chamberlain. Even he had to give up with these two which is why the Queen exiled them both to Earth. Nobody in the Household was sorry about this.
The next meeting is at lunch where the morning's work is reviewed with both the Queen and the Royal Housekeeper. The Lord Chamberlain then has some richly deserved time off before coming back on duty again for about 4 pm. Gardening staff also report to him at about this time. Finally after dinner, the Lord Chamberlain meets again with the Queen to bring her up to date with the events of the day from the Royal Household's viewpoint before having the rest of the evening off.
RSS Feed
