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Commuting life can be tough, but what if your office was in Buckingham Palace? Could it sweeten the deal?
The British Royal Household is currently recruiting for a senior correspondent who will start a two-year contract in March 2026. The role will include writing letters on behalf of the country’s royal family and will be paid £32,000 ($43,000) a year for the job.
Being a letter writer sounds like an unusual role, but the publication explains: « Thousands of letters are addressed to the Monarch and the Royal Family every year. Working as part of the Correspondence team, your challenge is to ensure that everyone receives a timely and well-crafted reply. »
Working members of the Royal Family – those most likely to receive correspondence from the public include King Charles, Queen consort Camilla, the Prince of Wales (Prince William) and the Princess of Wales (née Catherine or « Kate » Middleton). Senior Royals also include the Princess Royal (Princess Anne), the Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Edward, the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth and her husband Prince Philip) and his wife, the Duchess of Edinburgh (formerly Sophie Wessex).
When approached for comment, Buckingham Palace did not confirm which members of the royal family the candidate is working with.
The release says the role has a « special portfolio » as part of a wider team that responds to letters from the public on social, community and national issues. The correspondence team then drafts tailored responses to address the varied and often unique queries.
Key responsibilities of the role also include « remaining focused on handling a large volume of correspondence to ensure the right response is delivered at exactly the right time ».
The job also comes with some unusual benefits. A free lunch will be provided on site « to keep you energized throughout the day, » the release adds. The Mountbatten-Windsor family seems to have embraced the benefits of hybrid work. The post says: « Flexible and hybrid working varies across roles, and we’ll discuss the options available to suit both your work requirements and personal preferences. »
In addition to more general benefits such as parental leave and volunteering days, the successful applicant will also receive free entry to any venue owned by the Royal Household and discounts at shops under the Royal Household umbrella.
Extras may provide much-needed discretionary income in one of the world’s most expensive cities. The role’s modest annual salary of £32,000 is above the London Living Wage – a salary high enough to maintain a normal standard of living – which the UK’s Living Wage Foundation estimates is £28,860 ($38,751) a year. However, the pay remains behind the median annual gross earnings of full-time workers in the UK, which according to the latest figures National Statistics Officeis £39,039 ($52,419) per year.
In a world where artificial intelligence is expected to usher in a new era of efficiency, it seems the royal family would rather stick to human reactions than outsource to an artificial counterpart. Increasingly, such roles can be harder to find. Report from Microsoft researchers studying its occupational implications generative AI in July revealed that among the roles most likely to be disrupted were translators, writers, editors and chief data scientists.
The report added: « LLMs can engage in broader parts of the knowledge lifecycle – including creation, interpretation and communication – with greater flexibility than previous technologies. »
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