British King Charles III. He has long been known for his passion for gardening and nature. But now it has come to light information that His extremely high demands and emphasis on the details were outraged by the employees of his gardens in Highgrov House. This estate has been operating only in organic regime since the mid -1980s. According to Sunday Times, however, the king It requires a lot of demanding work for little money.
According to the Sunday Times findings left Over the past three years, the team of eleven of the twelve gardeners, including the main gardener and his representative. The reason was low wages, lack of staff and king’s requirements.
In March 2022, half of the team received a minimum wage. King who is known to walk in the garden with scissors in hand, often It sends to employees handwritten notes with red ink. It expresses either enthusiasm or disappointment from the development of specific plants. Some employees appreciate his comments, while others have described them as inadequate and demotivating.
At the end of 2023, one team member filed a complaint in which he stated that Gardeners are overloaded and do not have sufficient capacities to meet the king’s requirements. In his words, overloading in some employees led to physical injuries and the team was ruled by a low morality.
“There is no management of what his Majesty expects, and I know I shouldn’t say it, but we have a under -dimensioned team,” said the employee for the Sunday Times. He also complained about an incident with the Executive Director of Highgrov, whom he described as the king’s close trustee. When he suggested that A specialist should be needed to grow magnolias, should be shouted and publicly admonished.
The complaint led to an external investigation by King’s Foundation, a charity that operates Highgrove. The investigation confirmed the lack of staff and recommended to reconsider the amount of wages if it continued to be a problem with recruitment and maintaining workers. However, the complaint about Constantin Innemee’s leadership was not recognized.
Gardens in Highgrov have been a king’s personal project for 45 years. “I planned everything myself. I chose all the plants,” said Karol III. In an interview with a friend, gardener and moderator Alan Titchmarsh. “I love the evening walk over the weekend. I notice the details while you walk through, I will spill something or cut something. I’m sure most people think I’m not doing anything. But I’m doing,” stressed the British ruler.
Since the modest beginnings with a vegetable garden and arboretum, the area has grown to the sun’s sunhinds with sharp -beds that the king loves or a path of thyme and a garden inspired by Islamic aesthetics. While initially the entrance to the gardens was limited, since 2010 they have been opened to the public and today more than 40,000 people visit them a year.
“Fluctuations and the number of working complaints are significantly below the national average. We take care of employees very seriously and try to be a sample employer. In regular annual surveys, we record a very high level of satisfaction, ”the spokesman said King’s Foundation, who rejected the claims of low wages.
