...no matter what happens, he'll always have his teddies:

Prince Andrew's Former Maid Had a Day-Long Training on How to Arrange His Collection of 72 Teddy Bears

By Stephanie Petit (People)
Fri, January 21, 2022, 10:45 PM



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Prince Andrew's former maid is revealing one of the oddest parts of her job: spending an hour every day arranging his collection of 72 teddy bears.
Charlotte Briggs, who worked at Buckingham Palace in the 1990s, told The Sun that she was tasked with the process of meticulously putting the stuffed animals in their place on the royal's bed and around his room.

"As soon as I got the job, I was told about the teddies and it was drilled into me how he wanted them," she told the outlet. "I even had a day's training. Everything had to be just right. It was so peculiar."

Briggs said there were 72 teddy bears from around the globe, many dressed in sailor outfits.

Each day, she arranged the collection so that the biggest teddy bears were put at the back, then placed in order of size to the smallest at the front.
Then at night, Briggs or another maid used a diagram to put the teddy bears in their designated positions around the room. The small bears were stacked in an unused fireplace, while other stuffed animals — including two hippos and a black panther called "Daddy," "Ducks" and "Prince" — were placed on the bed or around the room. Prince Andrew's two favorite teddy bears were placed on mahogany thrones at his bedside.

"It was so odd," Briggs said. "After all, he was a grown man who had served in the Falklands. But he absolutely loved the [at]teddies and was very clear about how he wanted them arranged."