Britain’s Queen Elizabeth’s most trusted servants have been forced out of their homes.
Paul Whybrew, the Queen’s footman and Sergeant-at-Arms, and her head housekeeper, Rachel Gordon, live in Windsor Home Park in Berkshire and have had to evacuate their homes due to rising flood waters from the River Thames.
The 87-year-old monarch returned home after an eight-week break in Sandringham in Norfolk yesterday (11.02.14) to find her estate workers putting down sandbags.
A royal insider told the Daily Express newspaper: "Paul has been with Her Majesty at Sandringham and came back to see this terrible situation. He is horrified but at least has somewhere to go. Rachel was advised to leave her home at the weekend."
The Queen regards Paul, 56, as her personal assistant and he also featured in her James Bond spoof video made for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Meanwhile, Rachel, 40, has served the Queen for a number of years and recently took over the job at Windsor Castle.
A spokesman for the Royal Household confirmed: "Areas in Home Park have flooded, including a number of homes.
Queen Elizabeth’s servants forced to evacuate
