Queen Camilla revamps traditional palace roles in major Royal Family shake-up

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The Queen Consort made the decision to scrap the centuries-old tradition of having ladies-in-waiting as part of her efforts to modernise the monarchy.Camilla claimed that ladies-in-waiting are not 'not part of a more modern monarchy'.The 75-year-old believed that a smaller set of royal staff was a way to "move with the times," mirroring her husband’s desire to slim down and update the monarchy.

Historically, a lady-in-waiting served as a ‘personal assistant’ selected to aid a senior female royal, the Mirror reports.Queen Elizabeth II personally chose her ladies-in-waiting, who were consistently available to support her with daily tasks.The tasks the ladies helped with, included picking out her clothes, helping her to bathe and dress, and organising her schedule to fit in private family events.Camilla once had a secretary named Angela McManus, who, while never officially designated as a lady-in-waiting, performed many of the same duties. "The Queen Consort will do things a little differently - she currently has two private secretaries who do some of those traditional duties anyway," a source told the Daily Mail ."And she has quite a lot of good and decent friends around her whom she can call on, as and when is necessary, to support her.

I suspect she’ll dip into her close circle of friends, maybe geographically."She has a lot of chums in London and Scotland, as well as in the country too.

She thinks it’s more with the times."It has been suggested that the ‘two for the price of one’ arrangement will reduce staffing levels, and one royal source believes that changes are imminent.Camilla has said to have a strong passion for writing, composing over 2000 letters a year.As a result, the source noted that she might hire