The Royal Household currently employs approximately 130 people and is divided by function into a number of administrative departments called court states.
The Court Marshal's office is the secretariat for The Queen. The office is in charge of all the arrangements for official functions, such as state visits at home and abroad, dinners and luncheons, and court ceremonies, including presentation of credentials by ambassadors as well as their farewell audiences.
The Master of Ceremonies is responsible for the ceremonial events, e.g. the organization of state visits and official parties.
The Office of Treasury
The Treasurer of the Royal Household is responsible for the Office of the Treasury, which handles the overall budgeting, accounts for the Civil List and administration of the royal foundations. The Treasurer is also responsible for all the Monarch’s palaces and properties, IT, security and the Royal Warrants.
The Master of the Household’s Department is responsible for a wide range of functions, including valet service, food and drink service at functions, travel and luggage arrangements, driving, management of wine cellars, cooking and housekeeping. Coordinated by the Master of the Household, the department is divided into branches managed by two Chasseurs, the Chef de Cuisine and the Matron of the Household.
Craft Section
The Master Craftsman is responsible for the functions of the Household Workship. Its personnel include cabinet makers, a painter, a decorator and a dressmaker. The Household Workshop is also at the disposal of external craftsmen hired to perform specific conservation and preservation services.
The Royal Mews oversees ceremonial coaches, vehicles and horses. The horses are used for pulling coaches and for the Royal Family’s pleasure and leisure riding. The Royal Mews is in charge of all ceremonial driving.
The aides-de-camp to the Queen (The Queen’s Military Household)
The aides-de-camp to the Queen is an agency of the Ministry of Defence which is made available to the Queen as head of state. The aides-de-camp to the Queen is the formal link between the Royal Family and the Armed Forces. The staff consists of nine people: an adjutantchief of staff, who has the rank of Army Colonel and two adjutants from each branch of the Armed Forces with the rank of major/naval captain as well as two constables.
The Master of the Royal Hunt is a state-forester and is the linking element between the Danish Royal Family and the state forests. He organizes the annual Royal hunts.
The Royal Konfessionarius (Chaplain-in-Ordinary)
The Royal Konfessionarius is the Queen's personal spiritual advisor and counsellor and the royal family's private priest.
Private Secretary's Office
The Private Secretary's Office is headed by the Private Secretary to the Queen. The Private Secretary's Office provides assistance with Her Majesty the Queen's role as head of state.
The institution is colloquially called the Order Chapter. It was founded in connection with the reorganization of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1808 and is historically not part of the court states, as it stands directly under the monarch as the Chancellor of the Order.
