Simon 'Blue' Robinson

And now we were burying him.

And all the ballerinas were crying, all the men were crying.

And we went to the grave and lowered him in and threw his shoes in there and some white lilies and came back.

Everybody was engulfed in sadness.

And they all had their own private journey.

I remember seeing many ballerinas who danced, performed with him, weeping and weeping.

So I was probably trying to console them.

I thought it was such a waste.

He lived how he wanted to live.

And on the van, in the bus or the coach on the way back to Paris Opera, somebody who'd worked for him said, Blue, did you always get paid?

And I said, I did, always, often late.

He said, oh, you're the lucky one.

Butler School was really valuable, particularly in London, because...

It was on the doorstep of the big houses, you know, Geeves and Hawkes, the Lobs shoemakers.

There were wine houses there.

There was an enormous amount of history there.

We had a lot of butlers visiting us as well.

So you learnt a great deal.

The modern butler is estate management in a smart suit.

You manage the estate, the property or the estate or the estates, and you oversee all facets of it.