Royal employees who offered private companies to the late Queen have been instructed their jobs shall be affected below King Charles III.
A letter has been despatched to plenty of staff saying that consultations shall be held.
The letter, from Sir Michael Stevens, keeper of the privy purse, says: “I'm certain you may admire that these are delicate and difficult occasions.”
He provides that work is below approach to assist employees and guarantee there are “good communications” over the approaching weeks.
The letter says: “In step with continuity, the strategy on Accession is basically that the necessities and the aim of the Family proceed unchanged following demise.
“Whereas it's too early to verify the place definitively, it's anticipated that solely a really small minority of staff (fewer than 20) who offered private companies to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth will see their posts affected by Her Majesty’s dying.
“We shall be consulting with you and people affected in relation to those anticipated modifications after the State Funeral. These affected are being written to.”
Final week it was disclosed that as much as 100 staff on the King’s former official residence, Clarence Home, had been notified that they might lose their jobs.
Mark Serwotka, normal secretary of the Public and Business Companies Union, which represents plenty of staff within the royal households, mentioned employees had labored for the Queen for plenty of years and felt “let down” after receiving the letter.
“Our members are dissatisfied and saddened by this improvement,” he mentioned.
Conferences are being held with these affected and employees are being instructed they'll contact worker help suppliers within the coming weeks.
Buckingham Palace has been contacted for a remark.
A Buckingham Palace supply mentioned: “The family is working to assist any employees affected by modifications following the dying of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.”