PJ Vogt

And I was like, okay, sure.

And so I just put in an application, actually went to the palace for my interview, and then got a call a couple of days later saying, yeah, we want you to come and work here.

So in July of 2019, Hrithik showed up for the first day of his royal summer gig.

And so what was your official title once you began?

It's not glamorous.

It was just retail assistant.

When Buckingham Palace opens in the summer for guests, they have a shop, like a temporary pop-up shop.

I say temporary.

It's a massive structure that they put in the garden, but only for those three months.

And you go and work in the shop in the garden for three months, sort of just like as a...

Retail assistant, but like quasi tour guide as well, because people still obviously, you do get a bit of background and people still want to talk to you about it when they're in the shop.

And did it feel like, you know, you described the title as unglamorous.

I've worked in retail jobs before and I didn't find it too exciting.

Did you feel more like, I'm working a retail job at Buckingham Palace, or did you feel like, I'm working a retail job at Buckingham Palace?

Like, did the specialness of the palace permeate your days?

I think you don't see it until you do something else.

So that was the first job I'd ever had.

And then I went and worked the year later at my local Tesco's, which is like your... Supermarket.

Yeah, supermarket.

And I was doing like fruit and veg.