Queen’s new mission: Get my fans back!

FACED with the prospect of Covid knocking a £35 million-sized hole in her accounts, the Queen wants to hire a £75,000-a-year marketing expert to get tourists flooding back to Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.

An advert has been placed on the Royal Household website, looking for someone to ‘play a vital part in shaping the future’ of the Royal Collection Trust – which manages the properties – after a ‘challenging year’.

Lockdown has also slashed profits from the Crown Estate, and Her Majesty has made the job offer because she is determined not to ask the Government to help out with extra cash.

A source tells me: ‘The Royal Family was never prepared to ask for more public money to make up the shortfall, and this is part of their plan to find an internal remedy to the problem.’