backstairs

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Both Angela Kelly, the Queen's dresser and personal assistant, and Paul Whybrew, her trusted Page of the Backstairs, have been heavily involved in their daily care for years.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2022

Later in the week, NBC'S Fred Silverman will combat Roots with the final episodes of his own miniseries, Backstairs at the White House and a remake for TV of From Here to Eternity.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ike is the show that NBC's Backstairs at the White House so desperately wanted to be: a trashy romp through famous events, laced with unprovable innuendo and raucous caricatures of public figures.

From Time Magazine Archive

Backstairs maneuvers, as well as front-parlor debates, shape a campaign.

From Time Magazine Archive

All the hundreds of palace staff were watching now, clustered at their windows: the Pages of the Presence and the Pages of the Backstairs.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck