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| Formation | 15 November 1897 |
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| Headquarters | Questros Palace, Thessalona, Belfras |
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Lord Chamberlain | Duke Tribonianus Philoponus |
Lord Steward | The Lady Anna Caerularia |
Chief of the Military Staff | ADM Placus Laurentius |
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The Royal Household of Belfras is royal officials and the supporting staff of the Belfrasian royal family and primarily the Sovereign. Each member of the royal family has their own separate household to support them, although only the sovereigns household is referred to as the "Royal Household", with other members having their households named after themselves and the power to appoint people to their own households. Typically the household of the Hereditary Prince is selected by both the sovereign and the Hereditary Prince to groom a competent structure should the monarch die, as the household of the Sovereign Prince will often be the prime candidates for the new positions within the royal household on succesion.
The primary responsibility of the royal household is to coordinate and support the upkeep and wellbeing of the royal family, the monarch, and the possessions held by the royal household, such as property and vehicles. The various departments within the household exist to carry out this responsibility effectively with the appointed Lord Steward being the highest position within the household and is responsible for the day-to-day running of the separate departments.
Great Board of the Household
The Great Board of the Household is the board of officials belonging to the royal household. The board is regularly sat by the great officers of the household: The Lord Steward, Lord Chamberlain, Vice Chamberlain, Treasurer of the Household, Master of the Horse, and the Commander of the Guard. These meetings are also often sat by appointees made by the sovereign for a variety of different purposes, such as the appointment of his wife Beata of Callatis in 1982. The meetings held by the Great Board are typically to discuss and oversee the regular day-to-day running of the household and to execute directives given to them by the sovereign and the royal family. It also sometimes sits as a court on offenses committed within Questros Palace.
| Office | Member | Appointed | Duties | |
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| Great Officers of the Household | ||||
| Lord Steward | 
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Tribonus Philo | 1 February 2019 | |
| Lord Chamberlain | pic | name | date | Duties |
| Vice Chamberlain | pic | name | date | Duties |
| Treasurer of the Household | pic | name | date | Duties |
| Master of the House | pic | name | date | Duties |
| Commander of the Guard | pic | name | date | Duties |
| Appointed Seats | ||||
| Special Appointee | pic | Beata of Callatis | 1982 | Oversees education of royal children |
Office of the Lord Steward
The Lord Steward is the most senior official in the royal household and oversees its business, including liaising with other senior officers of the household, chairing the Great Board of the Household and advising the Sovereign in appointment of senior household officials. His office is responsible for coordinating the activities of the other offices and being the primary link of communication between the Sovereign and the other offices except for the Private Secretary, who a part of the royal entourage.
The Lord Steward is responsible for ceremonial duties of the crown, organising activities including state visits, investitures, parties and balls, and organising the ceremonies of the Sovereign in their capacity as head of state, chief executive, and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. Weddings and funerals of the royal family are already organised with the assistance of the Lord Steward. During these ceremonies the Lord Steward carries symbols that represent his office. One of these symbols, a white staff, is considered the symbol of the royal household and when the household relocates between the royal sites the staff is required to be in attendance. In the event of the death of the monarch the staff is broken over the grave to symbolise the breaking of the royal house.
Lord Steward
Office of the Lord Chamberlain
Office of the Treasurer of the Household
Office of the Master of the House
Office of the Guard
The Commander of the Guard is a senior official responsible for running the day-to-day security operations of the monarch and the royal family. His office is responsible for the protection of the royal family and their properties and does so through two branches - The Royal Security Service, which provides immediate security to the royal family and the Royal Guard, which is an active military unit providing military security to the royal residences and for the Sovereign as needed.
Royal Security Service
The Royal Security Service is responsible for the royal family's immediate security. The RSS is led by a Colonel and staffed by hand chosen personnel from the national police and armed forces. It works closely with the National Police's Protection Bureau and Special Operations Bureau to provide armed escorts during travel, providing uniformed security to royal residences, inspecting event areas and providing specialised weapons support such as snipers or tactical response units.
Royal Guard
The Royal Guard is an independent regiment of the armed forces dedicated to the protection of the Sovereign Prince and members of the royal family. The primary function of the Royal Guard is providing military security for the Monarchy. In addition to it's primary role of protecting the royal family, the royal guard provides protection of foreign heads of state and government visiting Belfras and providing security to royal residences. The Royal Guard works hand-in-hand with the Royal Security Service and National Police which provides uniformed security. The Royal Guard, being an active military unit, do not have powers of arrest or jurisdiction to enforce the law. The Royal Guard also includes staff for the Households aircraft and seacraft.
Office of the Private Secretary
The Private Secretary to the Sovereign is a senior operational member of the royal household to the sovereign. The responsibilities of the private secretary involve acting as the principal channel of communication between the sovereign and the Crown Council, helping to arrange the schedules and for organising correspondence between the monarch and foreign entities. Another responsibility is to maintain the royal library. When not able to attend meetings of the Lord Advisory Council, the Private Secretary will also arrange minutes of the meeting to be delivered to the Sovereign. The office is also responsible for affairs relating to the press. In the responsibilities of the Sovereign as Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, the Private Secretary has military aides-de-camp that enable the smooth flow of communication between the military and the Sovereign.
The position of Private Secretary is a permanent position within the household and personally appointed by the Sovereign. In order to effectively carry out their charge, the incumbent is made a counsellor of the Crown Council on appointment and is elevated into nobility. While head of only the Office of the Private Secretary, he or she is typically involved in coordination between the other parts of the household.
Private Secretary to the Sovereign
Assistant Press Secretaries to the Sovereign
Press Secretary
Royal properties and assets
Properties
The sovereign's official residence in Thessalona is Questros Palace. The palace is the site of most state banquets, investitures, royal christenings and other formal ceremonies. Questros Palace was originally created for visits by the Latium Imperial Family before independence. The ancestral home of the royal family, Palatium Mondris, is another official residence with the archipelago-based palace being used frequently by the family and friends. On the west coast another residence of the family is The Sedis, an estate with it's own vineyard gifted to the family in the 1920s. In 2002 the family acquired Santosso Island in the Kayamucan to build a residence which was completeed in 2016. Private residences such as apartments are not classified as part of the royal household. Historically the Questros Palace was controlled by the Latium Imperial Family when the country was a colony, with the Dimitrios family controlling Palatium Mondris as the dukes and duchesses of Mondria.
Questros Palace, the main residence of the royal family in Thessalona.
The Sedis, west-coast residence for the royal family.
Palatium Mondris, the ancestral seat of the Dimitrios family
Santosso Island, owned by the royal family.
Assets
The Royal Household controls and operates a large fleet of vehicles for official usage and for regular day-to-day business needs. The royal family are able to utilise the vehicles as needed and staff members are often given a pool of unmarked vehicles in order to carry out their duties, with members of the Royal Security Service being given unmarked police versions of the vehicles when applicable for emergency lights. Vehicles of the fleet used by members of the royal family are adorned with the national flag and coat of arms when in an official capacity but are left unmarked when used in a day-to-day function.
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The Royal Household controls a number of aviation assets for usage by the royal family and visiting dignitaries. They are maintained by the air force and operated by the air force detachment of the royal guard. The helicopter fleet are housed normally at the military quarter of Thessalona International Airport and are often utilised by members of the royal family in an official and private business.
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See Also
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