While working for the Royal Family is undeniably prestigious, roles within the Royal Household come with a plethora of rules. According to one former royal butler, who started his tenure at Buckingham Palace, one rule made him particularly "nervous," and it involved Queen Elizabeth herself.
In his new book The Royal Insider: My Life With The Queen, The King, and Princess Diana, former royal employee Paul Burrell discussed what it was like starting work as a royal butler. "I had progressed beyond empty cups to potatoes and gravy," Burrell wrote of the tasks he was allowed to carry out as a new member of staff (via Manchester Evening News). "We were always told never to look at The Queen or to stare at her: never look her in the eye, always look down."
