New records show that King Charles and Queen Camilla may deliberately drive a gender pay gap with their staff

once again, King Charles III And Queen Camilla They found themselves in another controversy for which they may not have been prepared. While most of their disagreements centered around their treatment of other family members and their romantic relationship, this all revolved around how they treated their employees. No, we are not talking about social remedies, but rather about staggering difference in their staffpayroll.

In its June 2023 report, per passthere seems to be a file Huge wage gap Between Charles’s staff and Camilla’s staff. A difference of over £100,000, to be exact.

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This difference became evident when people saw that Charles Sir Clive Alderton’s secretary earns roughly £205,000 to £210,000 a year, while Camilla’s secretary Sophie Densham earned around £90,000 to £95,000 annually.

Here’s a little backstory for both: Alderton has served as Charles’ private secretary since 2015, and Densham? for every daily MailShe has been working privately with Camilla since 2008, but she didn’t officially get her private secretary position until 2021.

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times She stated that while Densham is “always at Camilla’s side on official commitments,” Alderton only goes on “the more high-profile outings.”

To add another layer to this, it is unclear if Densham ever took up residence from the family, but Alderton certainly did. for every pass“Alderton was furnished with lodgings for his better performance”, and the rent from his salary was “at a rate agreed with HM Treasury.”

Now, is this a pattern? We’re not entirely sure. while we know Queen Elizabeth II Private Secretary Sir Christopher Geddt earned about £142,000 a year from the insideit is unclear how much Prince Philip Earned devoted secretary Mike Parker.

Either way, this disparity shows that there could be a lot of trouble brewing behind closed doors. And before anyone questions that: yes, the gender pay gap has been an issue in the UK for some time, as you can see in the figures we got before. Open the British government website.

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Before you go, click here See photos of Queen Elizabeth II’s family over the years.

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