Charles III | Dozens of employees of Carlos III, fired after becoming king

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Those affected include private secretaries, the financial office, the communications team and household staff, some of them decades old.

Dozens of staff at Clarence House, the residence of Charles III when he was Prince of Wales before becoming the new king, have received the announcement that they will be fired soon, in the middle of the ceremonies of farewell to the late Elizabeth II.

As revealed on Tuesday by the newspaper “The Guardian”, up to a hundred workers from the former official residence of the king have received letters informing them that their services are no longer required and that they will be helped to find new jobs.

Those affected include private secretaries, the financial office, the communications team and household staff, some of whom 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 this Monday.

Everyone is furious, including the private secretaries and the command team.. All staff had been working very hard since Thursday night (when Elizabeth II died) to come across this… People are very upset,” an unnamed source told The Guardian.

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”.

“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, positions based primarily at Clarence House are expected to … are no longer needed“, he adds.

After acknowledging that this is “disturbing” news, Alderton informs employees of the support they will receive to relocate to other jobs and of compensation “augmented” they will receive above what is required by law.

A spokesman for Clarence House explained that the operations of the residence of the Prince of Wales have ended and therefore “a consultation process has been opened”which will make “although some layoffs are unavoidable”alternative roles are being “identified for most staff”.

According to Clarence House’s annual summary, Charles III employed the equivalent of 101 full-time employeesa third of whom worked in the office of private secretaries.

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