Queen Elizabeth ‘ensured before death her dresser would be allowed to live on in her grace-and-favour home’
msn.comQueen Elizabeth is said to have ensured before her death one of her most trusted confidantes would be allowed to live on in her grace-and-favour home at Windsor.
Dresser Angela Kelly, 64, a shipyard worker’s daughter from Liverpool, became probably the late British monarch’s best friend after being chosen to join the royal staff for her fashion expertise.
Part of her compensation was a grace-and-favour home a short walk from Windsor Castle so she could be close to Her Majesty, who died “peacefully” at her home in Balmoral on September 8 aged 96.
A source told the Mail on Sunday about Angela apparently now being allowed to keep her home: “The Queen was very clear that she was close to Angela and wanted to look after her people. ” Staff who work for a British ruler would normally have only a month’s notice after the end of her reign before they would either be redeployed to another Royal household or have to look for alternative employment.
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