Queen Consort Camilla announced a historic change to the way the British crown works on Sunday.

His six ladies-in-waiting, or "Ladies-in-waiting", will become Queen's companions.

The new 75-year-old queen wants to modernize the English monarchy, reports HuffPost.

Since the Middle Ages, ladies-in-waiting had been responsible for assisting the queen in her administrative tasks and the management of her mail and her schedule.

These six “Ladies-in-waiting” were remunerated by the crown.


As I exclusively revealed last month, Buckingham Palace has confirmed the Queen Consort will not have ladies-in-waiting but instead use a group of six close friends to be 'Queen's Companions', who will occasionally accompany her on some of her key official and State duties.

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More “occasional” responsibilities

The new companions of the queen who will come to replace them were designated this Sunday.

These are six relatives of Queen Camilla, who will mainly have the role of accompanying her during public events and official engagements that they will help to organize.

This honorary title will therefore involve more “casual and informal” tasks, according to the BBC quoted by HuffPost.

The six companions will not receive a salary but will be paid for each of their trips.

They will appear alongside the queen consort this Tuesday at an event against domestic violence at Buckingham Palace.



For their part, the former ladies-in-waiting will not be thanked by the crown for all that.

Renamed ladies of the household, they would become assistants to King Charles III and help organize events at Buckingham Palace.

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