she gets to live with queen elizabeth ii
and wear the queen's shoes she got the
monarch's blessing to publish inside
stories about royal life who's moving
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queen elizabeth ii has reportedly been
shaking things up a bit at windsor
castle first the queen shocked the world
by expressing her wishes that camilla
duchess of cornwall be named queen
consort when prince charles becomes king
next she enlisted prince charles to give
the queen's speech at parliament in
early may 2022 which reportedly marks
only the third time the queen has missed
this event in 70 years now it appears as
if the long-serving monarch may be
taking in a new roommate the rumors of
this new roommate involve a close friend
and employee of the queen this
particular friend currently serves in
the official role of personal advisor to
her majesty a position that was created
specially for her in 2011 per harper's
bazaar importantly the assistant has
long accompanied the queen on her
travels as well as assisting with her
fashion and outfits for over 20 years in
addition they have also made a number of
custom dresses for the queen such as the
pale yellow dress worn to prince william
and kate middleton's wedding this close
friend confidant and now roommate is
none other than the queen's so-called
best friend angela kelly amid continuing
reports that queen elizabeth is
struggling with mobility the sun reports
that angela kelly has now moved into a
suite next to the queen's private
quarters at windsor castle an unnamed
source told the sun she lives there now
she has moved in it's also worth noting
that this living situation is not
necessarily a trial run as kelly was
part of the monarch's covet 19 bubble
too kelly detailed her story of being
part of the queen's inner circle during
the pandemic in a revised copy of her
book the other side of the coin the
queen the dresser and the wardrobe which
was originally published in 2019 the
publication provides an insider's look
at daily life with the queen and is a
follow-up to kelly's first book 2012's
dressing the queen the jubilee wardrobe
she's responsible for fashioning the
image of this extraordinarily
iconic
woman remarkably the author and fashion
designer received the rare approval and
blessing of the monarch to publish both
of her books about working with the
royal family in her updated version of
the other side of the coin kelly
provides insights into royal life in the
pandemic detailing the queen's continued
reliance on kelly throughout times of
personal loss and declining health the
author also shares humorous anecdotes
from the palace such as the fact that
kelly wears the queen's shoes to break
them in first since they share the same
shoe size in a book excerpt kelly shares
of the job the work is varied and never
stops and long may it continue kelly now
counts herself as one of the queen's
closest confidants but this wasn't
always the case instead she spent many
years working her way up to this
prestigious position as reported by the
express angela kelly is the servant who
became the queen's soulmate kelly has
humble roots as the daughter of a nurse
and a crane driver she was born in
low-income housing somewhere between the
suburbs and inner city of liverpool the
dresser and dressmaker is described as
having a heavy accent and a background
quite untraditional among the windsors
as she's twice divorced and catholic
kelly began her royal career as a
housekeeper to the british ambassador to
germany sir christopher maliby which is
where she reportedly first met the queen
in 1992. kelly apparently moved back to
the united kingdom from germany soon
after meeting the queen the dressmaker's
ex-husband jim kelly recounted his ex's
1994 interview with the palace telling
the daily mail she was over the moon
about getting the job it was what she
had wanted to do all her life she didn't
care about the salary money never
bothered angela it was about her
position little did i know how much it
would change our life in 2007 kelly
opened up about her prestigious job
telling the telegraph i love the queen
and everything about her she has allowed
me to become closer to her over the
years i would never overstep the mark
and i remain in awe of the queen kelly
has continued to rise in the queen's
esteem over the decades and gained the
coveted title of lieutenant of the royal
victorian order in 2012. and now it
would seem the dresser has become the
monarch's flatmate as well
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