Queen Consort Camilla was easily pleased with packs and packs of Peter Stuyvesant cigarettes.

Prince Philip (not dead) was a more tricky customer. He suddenly remembered a family that lived on a remote ranch in the mid-west of the United States of America. Please could I find their house on Google Earth and – if possible – photos of the husband and wife?

Prince Andrew also appeared to be demanding. In fact he was only joking when he complained that the meat pie that I had served him was ‘disgusting’.

As well as helping the royal family, I gave some careers advice to a 12 year-old girl who asked the subject of my first degree. Ultimately she wanted to join the police force. I advised her to go to university first.

At the end of my day of duties serving others, I went home to ‘my’ new baby. She was a present to me from my mother. At a very advanced age she had undergone IVF, the pregnancy, and given birth – just for me.