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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Caroline Davies

Kensington Palace exhibition spotlights stories of royal servants across the ages

A painting on the king’s staircase at Kensington Palace
A painting on the king’s staircase at Kensington Palace by William Kent (1685-1748) shows, among others, Peter 'the wild boy'. Photograph: James Brittain/Historic Royal Palaces

From pages to cooks, and wet nurses to seamstresses, little is known about the servants and courtiers who ran the royal palaces of Britain over the centuries.

They came from all walks of life and all corners of the world, managing life at the royal court and attending to the needs of their royal masters and mistresses.

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