A royal household or imperial household is the residence and administrative headquarters in ancient and post-classical monarchies , and papal household for popes , and formed the basis for the general government of the country as well as providing for the needs of the sovereign and their relations. It was the core of the royal court , though this included many courtiers who were not directly employed by the monarch as part of the household.
7-778: The King's Bargemaster is a subordinate officer of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom . Until the mid-19th century, the Royal Family frequently used a royal barge for transport along the River Thames . The role of the King's Bargemaster was to oversee this. The tradition of the Bargemaster dates back to 1215, with the signing of Magna Carta at Runnymede . The role
14-578: Is now largely ceremonial. The Bargemaster is responsible for the Royal Watermen , chosen from the ranks of the Thames Watermen who operate tugs and launches on the river. There are 24 Royal Watermen, each of whom receives an annual salary of £3.50. The ceremonial duties include state occasions involving the Thames. In recent years for example, they have helped organise and facilitate river Pageants for
21-757: The Golden Jubilee and Diamond Jubilee . Onshore duties include acting as footmen on royal carriages during State visits , royal weddings and jubilees. At the coronation, the Royal Watermen walk in the procession behind The King’s Bargemaster. At the State Opening of Parliament , the King’s Bargemaster and four Royal Watermen travel as boxmen on coaches, guarding the regalia when it is conveyed from Buckingham Palace to Westminster and back. The privately owned charter vessel MV Spirit of Chartwell
28-796: The Imperial Household Agency (宮内庁, Kunaichō) is the agency within the Government of Japan responsible for supporting the Emperor and the Imperial Family as well as keeping the Privy Seal and Great Seal of Japan. The Agency is headed by a director-general, who is assisted by the Cabinet-appointed deputy director. The internal organisation of the Agency can be seen below. Auxiliary organs of
35-453: The monarch, to all the usual servants such as cooks, footmen , and maids. The households typically included military forces providing security. Specialists such as artists, clock-makers and poets might be given a place in the household, often by appointing them as valet de chambre or the local equivalent. Among many of these households there are certain great offices which have become, in course of time, merely hereditary . In most cases, as
42-519: The name of the office would suggest, they were held by those who discharged personal functions about the sovereign. Gradually, in ways or for reasons which might vary in each individual case, the office alone survived, the duties either ceasing to be necessary or being transferred to officers of less exalted station. In the modern period , royal households have evolved into entities which are variously differentiated from national governments . Most modern households have become merely titular . In Japan,
49-652: Was transformed into a royal barge for the Queen's use during her Diamond Jubilee . On 3 June 2012, the barge carried the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the Royal Family, in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant . Royal Household There were often large numbers of employees in the household, strictly differentiated by rank, from nobles with highly sought-after positions that gave close access to
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