King Charles kicks Queen’s former dresser out of Windsor home as work mobile phone disconnected

King Charles III inspecting the Officer Cadets on parade during the 200th Sovereign's Parade at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

King Charles boots Queen’s former dresser out of Windsor home as work mobile phone disconnected

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Jack Walters

By Jack Walters


Published: 28/04/2023

- 16:55

Updated: 28/04/2023

- 17:01

Angela Kelly was a close confidante to Queen Elizabeth II and worked as the late-monarch’s dresser

Queen Elizabeth II’s former dress has been booted out of her Windsor home and had her work mobile disconnected.

Angela Kelly, 65, is preparing to leave Berkshire and relocate 180 miles to the Peak District.


Kelly publicly announced her move on social media as she vacated her modest semi-detached cottage on the Windsor Estate.

Her work-issue mobile has also been disconnected as she was pushed even further away from the Firm.

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Angela Kelly was a close confidante to Queen Elizabeth II and worked as the late-monarch’s dresser

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Kelly, the daughter of a Liverpool docker who became one of the Queen’s closest aides, took to her personal Instagram account Agenthighheels to shed some light on her move.

Posting a picture of her garden, she said: “Getting ready to say goodbye.

“I am moving at last to my new home which I will be able to call My Home at last.”

Responding to a friend, Kelly added: “I’'m moving to the Peak District just further on than Sheffield so not too far away from the family.

“My work phone has been disconnected but hopefully you have this one…Looking forward to my New Adventures.”

The defiant 65-year-old continued: “I am too old to worry about who likes me and who dislikes me!

“I have more important things to do! If you love me – I love you! ‘If you support me – I support you! If you hate me – I don’t care!”

Kelly’s allies believe she has been treated badly after loyally serving the late-Queen.

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Angela Kelly became increasingly close to Britain’s longest-reigning monarch after working with the Queen for almost three decades

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She became increasingly close to Britain’s longest-reigning monarch after working with the Queen for almost three decades.

On the day of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral last year, Kelly described it as a “very sad day for me today. I said goodbye to my best friend”.

King Charles rewarded her for her work in a special honours awards after the Queen’s death.

However, the decision to anoint her Commander of the Royal Victorian Order rather than Dame Commander raised eyebrows.

A source told The Mail on Sunday: “She's been told she will soon have to move out. It's a nice little place on the Windsor Estate and it was convenient for seeing her grandson, who was at college nearby.

“But the King has made it clear that under the new reign people will have to cut their cloth.

“The King is clearly not in the habit of providing homes for those no longer working for the monarchy.”

Kelly was said to have established fraught relations with other members of the Royal Family, including the Sussexes.

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A source suggested King Charles wants people to have to 'cut their cloth'

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Writing in his much-anticipated memoir Spare, Prince Harry wrote: “She [Kelly] was being obstructive.

“Angela was a troublemaker and I didn’t need her as an enemy.”

King Charles is believed to have been left frustrated by details exposed by Kelly in her books Dressing The Queen and The Other Side Of The Coin: The Queen, The Dresser And The Wardrobe.

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