Historic Royal Palaces Puns

Hi.

Not sure if this is the best place to ask.

I’m looking at getting my partner a gift membership to the Historic Royal Palaces (we love going to the Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace) for her birthday, but when I go to the website it has a lot of information about their funding being really short due to COVID. What are the chances of them being shut down or not open to the public as much if I were to get a gift membership?

Any ideas?

Thanks

EDIT: With the gift membership, she would have a year to claim it, so ideally we wouldn’t start the membership until it’s more suitable.

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 75%. (I'm a bot)

> Historic Royal Palaces, a charity governed by trustees partly appointed by the Queen, has paid confidential settlements to staff to settle complaints of bullying and racial discrimination.

> The Guardian has spoken to current and former staff members at Historic Royal Palaces, which maintains sites including the Tower of London and Kensington Palace, who described witnessing or experiencing bullying or racial discrimination.

> A spokesperson for Historic Royal Palaces accepted that non-disclosure agreements were signed, but said they were not uncommon for charities seeking to resolve disputes cost-effectively and did not represent formal admissions of wrongdoing or liability.

> Not all of the payments related to instances where staff complained of bullying or racial discrimination.

> Several current and former staff said they felt they had been discriminated against because of their background, and questioned the management's determination to tackle racial discrimination.

> In a statement, Historic Royal Palaces' head of media and PR, Laura Hutchinson, said: "Historic Royal Palaces does not tolerate bullying and racial discrimination of any kind, and is committed to treating all staff with dignity and respect in the workplace. We have comprehensive policies and procedures in place to support this commitment and ensure that any concerns are properly investigated and dealt with."We have never sought to conceal allegations of this nature.

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