A royal apppointment...

Is your dreary office getting you down through these long winter months? Then why not opt for a change of scenery and apply to work at Buckingham Palace with the Queen herself?

In what might be considered the pinnacle of travel management, the Royal Family is looking for a Director of Royal Travel to help keep costs down on royal visits. Perhaps in response to the criticism of Harry and Meghan’s recent favouring of private jets, the successful candidate will “operate and purchase safe, efficient, cost effective and appropriate travel services for the official duties of Members of the Royal Family and their Households”.

And they will have “overall responsibility for organising air travel and overseeing the operations of The Queen’s Helicopter Flight and usage of scheduled train services and the Royal Train”, says the job description, which states the hours of work as 37.5 per week.

It might be a little more complicated than booking the cheapest Ryanair flights from

London Stansted, but for any travel managers up to the challenge, there’s a starting salary of up to £85,000 up for grabs. But be quick… applications for the role close December 20 2019.