Five Departments make up the Royal Household. These Departments are: the Private Secretary’s Office, the Master of the Household’s Department, the Privy Purse and Treasurer’s Office, the Lord Chamberlain’s Office, and the Royal Collection Department.

Most of the Departments are based at Buckingham Palace, although staff also work at St. James’s Palace, Windsor Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Royal Mews.

Some Royal Household employees also travel with The Queen on overseas visits and during The Queen’s stay at Balmoral Castle and Sandringham, since the work of the Head of State continues even when she is away from London.