In what is actual news from Buckingham Palace and not a high-concept pitch for Adam Sandler’s latest film, the Royal Household needs a new chauffeur for Queen Elizabeth.
The approximately $37,000-per-year gig entails driving around Her Majesty, other members of the Royal Family, household officials and guests, as well as maintaining the Royal Vehicles (which includes the Queen’s two 2002 Bentleys and fleet of both Land and Range Rovers) and planning the Royal Driving Route.
Qualifications include “strong attention to detail,” the ability to “remain calm under pressure,” “professional driving experience” and of course a valid U.K. driving license. (Again, we stress that this is not a pitch for a new Hollywood film, though we have trademarked the idea and are currently faxing it to Michael Bay. Working Title: A Good Day to Drive Hard.)
The position also comes with meals, “on-site accommodation” (deducted from your salary) and most notably, 33 days of vacation, which is obviously an insane pipe dream to anyone stateside, so please excuse us while we update our resume and send it to the Palace.
LIFE With Elizabeth II: Rare and Classic Photos of the Queen
Princess Margaret (left), the future Queen Elizabeth II (third from left) and the Queen Mother (third from right) with the Grenadier guards on the occasion of Princess Elizabeth's birthday, 1942.David E. Scherman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II ("a little fagged after four days of royal touring," as LIFE put it in its Dec. 7, 1953, issue) prepares to speak at University of the West Indies, Jamaica, 1953.Cornell Capa—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II watches a University of Maryland vs. University of North Carolina football game at Maryland's Byrd Stadium during her 1957 official visit to the United States.Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth with Prince Charles and Elizabeth II at Princess Margaret's wedding, 1960.Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II speaking at a State Dinner in Ghana, 1961.Paul Schutzer—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II shakes hands with a well-wisher while standing next to the General and Governor of Bermuda, Sir Alexander Hood, 1961.Lisa Larsen—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II upon her arrival in India in 1961, the first British monarch to visit since George V in 1911. Hank Walker—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II during a visit to Sudan, 1964.John Loengard—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II in Ethiopia, 1965.John Loengard—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II in Ethiopia, 1965.John Loengard—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II in Ethiopia, 1965.John Loengard—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II (right) and Prince Philip on a tour of Trinidad and Tobago, 1966.Michael Rougier—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II during her 1966 tour of the Caribbean.Michael Rougier—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
