<![CDATA[The Page of the Chambers is accountable for the
arrangement of the State rooms as well as staging the ceremonial
aspects of functions such as the Queen’s daily receptions,
audiences, appointments and investitures.
The Page is also responsible for serving arrangements at cocktail
parties and other events.
He supports the Palace Steward in the Master of the Household
Department.
The Page of the Chambers oversees the Pages of Presence and if required the
Pages of the Backstairs.
The position was created in 1842 with the first holder, John Henry
Heller. Heller was a courier to Prince Albert.
The Page of the Chambers duties during that time period required
him to prepare the guest apartments and to oversee any servants
that accompanied guests.
The Page was also an attendant in the Queen Victoria’s Drawing
Rooms in the evening.
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