Brazilian who worked with the British royal family counts behind the scenes and gafes with the queen | World

But a Brazilian has seen closely what is happening in particular moments, formal or more relaxed, of the British monarchy. Paulista Danielle dos Santos Cabral knew Queen Elizabeth II and her castles. She did not work only at Buckingham Palace in London. He traveled with the Queen to the castles of Windsor and Balmoral, Scotland, and Sandringham House, the royal Norfolk country house. But Balmoral is Danielle's favorite.

"This place is magical and it is the longest trip we have ever made," he told RFI.

The Brazilian met with Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Elizabeth II. He liked talking to him and talking about Brazil. He always came to talk about a subject.

Trained in marketing, Danielle goes to the castle while working as a cashier in a London supermarket. She was called by a client who worked for a contractor cleaning company who was occupying the palace for an interview. A week after I arrived inside, I learned that there was a vacancy in the staff serving the meals of all the palace employees.

Danielle had nine interviews and waited eight months before the royal administration lost all its splendor. It also took a long time because it was not easy to raise your references. In Brazil, when they received the call and heard on the other side of the line that the call came from the Buckingham Palace, many people did not take it seriously and hung up.

These were unforgettable years and Danielle has trouble enumerating the most special. "When I danced with the queen, it was amazing, and when I met Barack Obama," he recalls.

At the palace, she worked in the restaurant serving the employees. There were 350 to 400 lunches a day. In summer, this number rises to 700 since the castle is open to the public and that it engages reinforcements. She learned from scratch how to set the table with silver cutlery and crystal glbades. Everything should be perfect in every detail. Even the butter. He had to make butter balls using two pieces of grooved wood at the end. They had to be exactly the same size. The final finish was the seal with the royal crown. The work was done by hand. One by one. When they were ready, they were put in a bucket of water and ice to harden them. She also worked two days as a chef. She learned to make canapés and to make potatoes and vegetables of the queen.

Every year, in the summer, the queen moves to Balmoral, where she performs two big dances. And the palace officials are all invited to the party.

"When I arrived there, there is a lot of protocol to go to this ball." We must be on shoulders and knees covered, we learn to dance on Scottish dance. the women go to the center of the room. We roll a wheel towards the center, and the men make a wheel in front of the center, we dance, turning to the right, and the men on the left, and when the music stops, the boy in front of you, you'll have to The Queen's Pipe commands the party, which would be her spokeswoman and asks all the women to go to the party. In the center of the room, and when I was in the center of the room, I looked to my right to take the person's hand to the side, and at that moment, it was the queen, "says

Elizabeth II asked Danielle to invite other friends to the party next time.As there are always a lot of military guests, there are more of them. men than women in the dance.And they do not fit, they get behind the wheel.

"And that was her concern and she started talking to me and we laughed and I found funny that everyone can participate. That's what the royal family wants. When we organize a party, really wants to please everyone. "

In Balmoral, between lunch and dinner, a lot of time, and the employees won the afternoon free to not have to work overtime. They used to walk around the property, so they met the Queen, who was walking with her dogs, before leaving on her Land Rover. is not difficult to identify She has a corgi of money, which is the breed of puppies that she creates, affixed on the hood

"Once upon a time, we were walking, me and my comrades of clbad, when suddenly a lot of small dogs started barking in our direction, and it was very fun because we were a bit scared, looking from where they came when we looked left, we saw the queen's car parked there and just behind the dogs, came a lady, a little lady, wearing a scarf on her head and walking with the dogs. She gave a small white dog to the dogs telling them to stop barking, and she continued to walk, opened the car door, put her 11 dogs inside and went back to the house. wheel. "

Today, Danielle is making fun of some gaffes." He fell down the stairs into Buckingham Palace, while he was filling a pitcher of juice to offer guests of the The crystal vase that belonged to Queen Victoria just did not break because Danielle protected her.However, he lost his grip.He also took one of the puppies out of the house. Elizabeth II in Windsor Castle, thinking that it was the dog of the Queen's housekeeper.The animal tried to steal food in the cart leading to the refectory. 19659016] "When I went to fetch the food, we put it in a completely open wagon and we went to the refectory." Pbading the Queen's housekeeper's room, I saw that she was open and the gate was also open.It has a small door at the door to keep a dog from the same breed as the queen, a Corgi, who, by the way, is the son of one of the queen's dogs, who gave it to him. I saw that the door was open and I did not see any sign of the dog. And I continued down the hall. All of a sudden, as I turned left into another hallway, a dog was rushing towards the potatoes.I put my foot to block the dog and prevent him from getting close to the food.And that's when I'm going I heard a voice speak behind me "Go away, get out!" and from there, I looked back, and that was the queen.I was completely embarrbaded, because I had not used my hands to Block the dog, I was I used the foot. I apologized to her. And she said that she had no problem, that he should not be tempted to pick up the fries. "

She also dropped 40 desserts with the belly of the second pregnancy, Danielle lived with her husband and two young children in the palace, they were born while they were still working there. Two rooms were behind the stables, where the closest employees live to the Queen The size of the residence will depend on the length of her stay and her duties William and Kate were pregnant and their belly was not in their clothes, but served the dinner offered to the former President of the United States, Barack Obama, with whom he had self-portrait

Danielle had left the jobs of many people in 2016