The Buckingham Palace footman who helped announce the birth of Prince George has appealed to the Queen to help him return to his old job after he had to go home to India because his visa expired.
Badar Azim said he was applying for a new visa and hoped his
job would be held open for him.
He faces an uphill struggle, however, because to be considered for a new visa he needs a guaranteed job paying at least 24,000 ($45,600) a year - about 10,000 more than he was earning as a footman.
Azim, 25, appeared in newspapers and on television around the world last week when he helped to make the formal announcement of the royal baby's birth by placing a bulletin on an easel outside Buckingham Palace.
At the time he was living in a grace and favour apartment in the Royal Mews inside the palace grounds. His home is now a two-room flat above a sweatshop in Kolkata, which he shares with eight members of his family.
