Queen Camilla: I'm not happy as the prince of Wales removed my sister from the Duchy of Cornwall payroll after two decades

The annual release of the royal accounts has, as always, offered some fascinating insights into the sorts of monarchical goings on that are usually confined to the gilded halls of Buckingham Palace. From biofuel in the Bentleys to breathtaking wind farm profits, all eyes have been on the royal family’s finances in an attempt to divine their outlook, interests, and investments in the year ahead. 

 One revelation, however, that will have raised the eyebrow of many a royal watcher, involves not gargantuan energy generators or classic cars, but soft furnishings and wallpaper samples.Prince William, we now know, has removed Queen Camilla’s sister, Annabel Elliot, from the Duchy of Cornwall’s payroll. The 75-year-old has masterminded the interior design of the estates ever since King Charles, then the Prince of Wales, employed her following his marriage to Camilla in 2005.

 Renovating the Palace’s period cottages across Cornwall, Wales and the Isles of Scilly, Elliot, who studied fine art in Florence, earned hundreds of thousands of pounds across almost two decades in her role as chief designer. Now, though, it has been revealed that the Prince of Wales, in his first year in charge of the Duchy of Cornwall, has removed his mother-in-law’s sister from the payroll...Read more