The staff quarters are well appointed. The royals have been generous for centuries to “their people”. The critics (including L’Evallier) have wondered out loud if royal generosity has bought a lot of servant silence. The royals insist now Gwendolyn’s gone there isn’t any silence to buy. Staff work in rotas - three weeks on, one week off in any one month. Staff are assisted if they want to take holidays outside of the Palace grounds (these are huge, you could have many walking holidays) as the royals arrange easy transport to save staff using their lesser powers. This is the equivalent of someone working for the railways getting a free railway pass. Every department in the Palace has its manual as to how things are run, why they are run that way and what happened to the last folk who tried to challenge the system (the latter is never good though as Eileen told L’Evallier once, surely this is proof the royals are not guilty of bribery. Coersion and threats, yes; bribery, no. Unsurprisingly the elf is not impressed).
The kitchens are well equipped with ranges similar to our Agas and Rayburns of differing sizes. The pots and pans are of the highest quality and must be able to withstand magic hitting them. It is not uncommon for a frustrated cook, when things are not going well, to try to detonate their equipment. The Queen insists on the highest quality food and drink. Fruit and veg are grown on the Crown Estate. Meat is reared by peasants (they do have cattle, sheep and pigs, this is because they’ve observed human life for a long time and concluded this is where we get our meat from). Meat is taken into the Palace. The Queen would not countenance killing animals on her grounds though she loves eating humanely killed ones. There are vegetarians in the realm (some of L’Evallier’s relatives are well known for this). The Queen insists rare animals, imported from Earth or native, are not harmed. Anti-animal cruelty laws are tough. It is possible to be executed for breaking these. You’d have to be mad to try to harm the royal unicorns. They defend themselves brilliantly and nobody has been known to survive this.
The kitchens are well equipped with ranges similar to our Agas and Rayburns of differing sizes. The pots and pans are of the highest quality and must be able to withstand magic hitting them. It is not uncommon for a frustrated cook, when things are not going well, to try to detonate their equipment. The Queen insists on the highest quality food and drink. Fruit and veg are grown on the Crown Estate. Meat is reared by peasants (they do have cattle, sheep and pigs, this is because they’ve observed human life for a long time and concluded this is where we get our meat from). Meat is taken into the Palace. The Queen would not countenance killing animals on her grounds though she loves eating humanely killed ones. There are vegetarians in the realm (some of L’Evallier’s relatives are well known for this). The Queen insists rare animals, imported from Earth or native, are not harmed. Anti-animal cruelty laws are tough. It is possible to be executed for breaking these. You’d have to be mad to try to harm the royal unicorns. They defend themselves brilliantly and nobody has been known to survive this.
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