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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rachel Hall and Emily Dugan

Redundancies for King Charles’s staff during mourning period ‘heartless’, says union

Clarence House is the official London residence of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall.
Clarence House is the official London residence of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. Photograph: Michael Dunlea/Alamy

A civil service trade union has criticised the decision to notify King Charles’s staff of redundancies during the period of mourning as “nothing short of heartless”.

The Guardian reported on Monday that up to 100 employees at the King’s former official residence, including some who have worked there for decades, received notification that they could lose their jobs following his accession to the throne.

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