Queen Elizabeth's servant grief

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Feb 21, 2009, 8:59 GMT

Britain's Queen Elizabeth is in mourning following the death of one of her favourite servants.The monarch immediately ordered the flag at her royal residence Windsor Castle to be lowered to half-mast as a sign of respect after learning of the sudden death of Surgeon Vice Admiral Ian Jenkins.A royal source said: "He is a big favourite with the Queen and she is devastated to hear that he passed away before his time."The Welsh-born retired naval chief, who was in his sixties, served as Constable and Governor at the Berkshire estate.His position running the residence - said to be the queen's favourite home - was unpaid, but he had residence there.The queen was widely condemned in 1997 when she failed to order royal flags to be lowered immediately after the death of her former daughter-in-law Princess Diana, who was killed in a car accident in Paris.

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