Former top civil servant and current legislator-for-life Gus O’Donnell described Britain’s feudal head of state as “the ultimate public servant” when she attended a meeting of the Cabinet this week.
Mr. O’Donnell did not cite any true public servant paid £13m a year or allowed the very short working week that Lizzie Windsor puts in. Real public servants are also recruited through an open and competitive process and do not inherit the job from a family member.
Winsor was invited to attend by the Cabinet as a “thank you” for “what’s she’s done in the jubilee period” according to O’Donnell, which is to say a lot less than the average public servant Typically she left halfway through the ninety minute meeting.