The King and Queen work with a whole team known as the “Royal Household”. The Royal Palace is run like a company or a government department and creates work for tens of people: advisers, secretaries, cleaners, gardeners, etc.

A royal court is an extended royal household in a monarchy, including all those who regularly attend on a monarch, or another central figure. Lower ranking servants and bodyguards were not properly called courtiers, though they might be included as part of the court or royal household in the broadest definition.

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The king’s main adviser and lieutenant in running his government would be called the chancellor or the chief minister.

: a very important assistant who helps someone do a job He/She is the CEO’s right-hand man.

The Hand of the King is the de facto head of government, as opposed to the King himself, who is the head of state.

courtier. noun. someone who has an official position at the court of a king or queen, or who spends time there.

A maid, or housemaid or maidservant, is a female domestic worker.

A duke is the highest possible rank in the peerage system. But not all princes are dukes. One example is Queen Elizabeth’s youngest son, Prince Edward, who became the Earl of Wessex when he got married – but he’ll become the Duke of Edinburgh when his father, Prince Philip, passes away.

Regicide is the purposeful killing of a monarch or sovereign of a polity and is often associated with the usurpation of power. A regicide can also be the person responsible for the killing. The word comes from the latin roots of regis and cida (cidium), meaning “of monarch” and “killer” respectively.

Originally Answered: What if someone assassinated the Queen? That would be Regicide. The person, would be arrested (if caught on scene), and then go through the proper stages of the legal process and should the person be found guilty they will be sentenced to life imprisonment with no chance of parole.

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The penalty for high treason (by men) was to be hanged, drawn and quartered, which meant being dragged or ‘drawn’ to the execution site on a hurdle (originally without the hurdle, but then they arrived dead already),hanged until only half dead, cut down alive, castrated, disembowelled, and the heart torn out, after …

All swans are the property of the Queen, and killing one is an act of treason. Not quite Since the 12th century, the Crown has held the right to ownership over all wild, unmarked mute swans in open water. Killing one of the Queen’s mute swans may be unlawful, but it has never been an act of treason.

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and …