Royal aides are despairing that their Covid-secure sleeping quarters in Balmoral are like a 'Colditz prison camp'. The hand-picked team of aides are in a two-week quarantine as they prepare the castle and some have found conditions wanting. Royal aides are despairing that their Covid-secure sleeping quarters in Balmoral, the Royal residence in Scotland, are like a 'Colditz prison camp'An insider said 'stir-crazy' aides are staying in the New Block, a dull granite building with a dozen bedrooms outside near the castle. Three chefs, footmen, housemaids, pages and under-butlers are among the staff already currently residing at Balmoral. Her Majesty, 94, and Philip, 99, are expected at the residence within days and will stay for 12 weeks.

Source: Daily Mail August 01, 2020 00:49 UTC