It seems the King may be feeling the cost-of-living pinch. Last week, the royal family posted a job advert for an “assistant correspondence officer” based at Buckingham Palace, on a salary of £23,000. The role, starting next month, involves helping answer the King’s letters from the public.
The Londoner contacted the Palace to point out that the year-long fixed-term contract worked out at only £11.79 per hour for a 37-and-a-half-hour week, which is lower than the London Living Wage of £11.95. The LLW is a proposed pay packet suggested by the Mayor of London for people living in the capital.
