article_snippet: There was no leaving party, no letter of thanks, no formal goodbye.
article_snippet: Now An official life of privilege was over: An official shambled along to the shops like any other elderly single man.
article_snippet: I’m a shopkeeper’s son from Coventry but I’m afraid my company is preferable to his friends.
article_snippet: ‘As far as The household was concerned, I was simply an ex-employee as if I’d worked in the Palace for six months washing bottles.
article_snippet: an ex-employee hurt, but the truth is some members of the Royal household enjoyed my unhappiness.