In the King-Emperor's personal household (to be carefully distinguished from His Majesty's ecclesiastical and medical households and from Her Majesty's household) the Poet Laureate ranks below the Groom of the Robes, much below the Yeomen of the Guard, and almost immeasurably beneath the Lords in Waiting.
Nevertheless the Poet Laureate is a member of the Lord Chamberlain's office. He receives £72 a year, and, as a bonus, can take his choice between an additional £27 or a butt of canary wine. Moreover it was noticed last week, when...
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