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A boy from a Kolkata orphanage who became one of the Queen Mother’s royal footmen is now out of a job.

A boy from a Kolkata orphanage who became one of the Queen Mother’s royal footmen is now out of a job. Days after being thrust into the spotlight to announce the safe arrival of baby Prince George at the palace, 25-year old Badar Azim had to leave the palace and his job. Accompanied by the Queen’s press secretary, Ailsa Anderson, Azim had been the one to put up the hand-written acknowledgment of the royal baby’s birth for crowds and cameras to view. Azim had to leave the country after the Home Office declined him a visa renewal. English newspapers are full of speculation over why the young man, who was described as ‘well mannered’ and ‘punctual’, was not retained.