Queen's Servants Forced to Flee Homes on Thames

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Really not sure where this should go......

Two of the Queen's favourite servants have been forced by rising floodwaters to evacuate their grace-and-favour homes and move into Windsor Castle.

Paul Whybrew, her most trusted footman and Sergeantat-Arms, and head housekeeper Rachel Gordon live beside the swollen River Thames in Windsor Home Park, Berkshire. The

Queen, 87, returned to London yesterday after an eightweek break at Sandringham to find floods had reached the two turreted properties. Estate workers have been putting down sandbag defences.

More: Windsor Castle flood: Wet weather forces Queen's servants to flee homes on Thames | Royal | News | Daily Express

Queen's Servants Forced to Abandon Their Historic Grace and Favour Homes As They are Hit by Flooding in Windsor

Two of the Queen's most trusted servants have been forced to abandon their homes and move into Windsor Castle because of the devastating flooding in Berkshire.

Her Page, Paul Whybrew, and Head Housekeeper, Rachel Gordon, have both seen their historic turreted grace and favour houses in Windsor Home Park engulfed by the rapidly rising waters.

Sandbags had been hastily positioned around the properties but appeared to fighting a losing battle against the relentless onslaught of the River Thames.

More: Queen's servants forced to abandon their historic grace and favour homes as they are hit by flooding in Windsor | Mail Online

Cindy

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This flood is really destructive. Hopefully, the G & F homes won't be destroyed.