The award-winning television series, Downton Abbey has reportedly spurred demand for British-trained household staff in the United Arab Emirates, and wealthy families are paying top dollar for their own personal Carson.

Sara Vestin Rahmani, director and founder of London’s Bespoke Bureau British Butler and Housekeeper Academy recently placed one newly-trained butler in the UAE this year on an annual salary of R1,565,580.

A butler named Dillon, who currently earns just over R1 million a year described his working conditions thus:

I travel bi-weekly and I am expected to be on call 24/7, caring for my principal’s personal things like clothes, travel bookings, reservations and shopping. I also have to make sure he’s always looking good and that he stays hydrated in the heat.

The craziest thing I’ve had to do was to find a temporary nanny for two meerkat babies that the family had rescued,” he says. “We placed them in a good zoo eventually after shipping them to Europe.

Dillon gets August and September off to see his family in the United Kingdom, and a luxury apartment to live in for the rest of the time. Oh, and he usually gets cash bonuses.

Shem.

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[Source : BBC]