Kate Middleton and Prince William looking for new personal assistant
If you are unemployed and fluent in Welsh, then here is great news: Kate Middleton And Prince William might be looking for you. The royal couple are currently looking for a new Assistant Private Secretary to help manage some of their duties, with the ability to speak “conversational Welsh” an essential part of the job. And even if you’re not looking for a job, there’s still an advantage in the job posting, as it shows the Prince and Princess of Wales are preparing for a return to public life.
It’s now well known that Middleton and her husband Prince William have severely curtailed their usual public appearances in 2024, due to her cancer diagnosis at the beginning of the year. As Kate Middleton recovered from cancer treatment, William narrow down your schedule as well as, with occasional skirmishes near the house.
In recent months, Middleton has appeared to have turn a cornerappeared with William at birthday celebration because King Charles III (also called Color Parade) in June, then hit Wimbledon last weekend with daughter Princess Charlotte.
According to sources close to the family who spoke to Vanity FairMiddleton, William and their children (in addition to Charlotte, nine, the couple are also parents to a six-year-old Prince Louis and 10-year-old Prince George) are currently “on summer vacation”, with very few public events or travel plans.
But a job posting on the website of Kensington Palace—where Middleton and William have their offices—suggests their schedules could soon increase. In a list for “Assistant Private Secretary, Wales and the UK”, we learn that this job will involve “planning and implementing most [Their Royal Highnesses] public engagements in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.” Would the family hire someone to arrange public appearances for the couple if there were no plans? It’s hard to imagine why, if at all.
In addition to the event planning aspect of the job, whoever accepts the role will also have public relations and brand management duties, as the new employee is also expected to “contribute to the development of the Family’s strategy to maximise impact across the UK member states, with a particular focus on Wales”.
Salary for this job has not been disclosed, unlike media assistant job was posted by the palace in March. That position offered equivalent wages up to 32,000 USD
Eligible candidates will have “excellent communication and organisational skills, with a proven ability to build effective relationships with a wide range of individuals and organisations,” the listing says. “You will have a proactive, pragmatic approach while working in a small and agile team, and a deep understanding of Welsh communities, jobs, government and business.”
To that end, candidates should boast at least the ability to communicate in Welsh, although “fluency in spoken and written Welsh is desirable”. In fact, this is a rare skill, according to for the Welsh Governmentonly 28 percent of the population can speak Welshonly 24 percent can read itand only 22 percent can write it. Of those who can speak it, only 14 percent of whom said they do so daily.
In fact, even William quite unfamiliar with Welsh until 2022, when he is made Prince of Wales. That said, the couple also lived in Wales for some time after that. their wedding in 2011before their children came along. Back then, Middleton would Dining and Shopping in Angleseywhere William was posted to work with the Royal Air Force. Those days included masquerade night and a trip on the so-called “sea doughnuts”, The marriage ended in 2013, when the couple moved into their first official residence at Kensington Palace.
