Prince and Princess of Wales are hiring a new private secretary to organise the royals’ UK engagements (but the successful candidate will need a rare skill!)

The Prince and Princess of Wales are looking to expand their team at Kensington Palace, but the successful candidate will need to possess a rare skill.

The royal couple, both 42, are currently looking for an ‘assistant private secretary’, who will work in London.

The permanent role involves planning the activities of The Prince and Princess of Wales in the United Kingdom.

However, the job description stresses that there will be a ‘specific focus on Wales’ to ‘maximise’ the couple’s impact.

Prince William and Kate Middleton inherited the titles of Prince and Princess of Wales following the death of the late Queen in September 2022. Before that, they were the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

The job description reads: ‘This position requires excellent communication and organizational skills, with a proven ability to build productive relationships with a wide range of individuals and institutions.

‘You have a proactive, hands-on approach and work in a small, flexible team. You have a good understanding of Welsh communities, business, government and industry.’

However, the job description did state that the royal couple was looking for an assistant private secretary who ideally speaks fluent Welsh.

The conclusion was: ‘Conversational Welsh is essential and fluency in Welsh, both written and spoken, is desirable.’

The Palace has outsourced the recruitment process to recruitment agency Odgers Berndtson. Interested candidates have until midnight on 21 July to apply.

The posting comes just days after the Princess of Wales made her triumphant return to Wimbledon last weekend, where she was greeted with a standing ovation.

Previously, the Princess of Wales only appeared in public during Trooping the Colour, while she was receiving treatment for her cancer.

Pictured: The Prince and Princess of Wales with Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis at Trooping the Colour, the royal’s first public appearance since her cancer diagnosis

The job description highlights that there will be a ‘specific focus on Wales’ to ‘maximise’ the couple’s impact

In May 2024, a senior royal aide told the Mail that the royal will return to work as soon as she gets the “green light” from doctors.

Her spokesman said: ‘The work of the Prince and Princess’s projects is “always on”… early childhood is a high priority for the Princess and so she has been kept fully informed of the development of the Taskforce’s work and has seen the report.’

A senior royal aide added: ‘The Princess of Wales was the driving force behind the business taskforce. She has been kept informed since the taskforce was set up and she has read the report and has been briefed on it.

“This is a clear commitment that she has made, that this will be the focus throughout her life in public service. That will continue when she returns to work. But we have made it very clear that she needs the space and the privacy to recover now. She will return to work when she has the green light from the doctors.”

Earlier this week, King Charles and Queen Camilla visited Cardiff to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Senedd.

In a speech, King Charles referred to Prince William’s visit to Anglesey this month and the current Prince of Wales’ “relationship” with the special country.

The King said: ‘I have been delighted to see my son’s continued connection with this special country, and that this week he has also returned to Anglesey – Ynys Môn – a place I know means a great deal to him.’

The Prince and Princess of Wales moved to Anglesey in 2010 and lived there for three years while the future King served in the RAF.

King Charles is the longest-reigning Prince of Wales in the history of the royal family, having held the title for over 64 years.

Before his appointment in 1969, Charles learned to speak Welsh from university lecturer Dr Tedi Millward, who died in April 2020.