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| A former royal butler to the Queen and Queen Mother has been jailed for child abuse offences. | A former royal butler to the Queen and Queen Mother has been jailed for child abuse offences. |
| Paul Kidd, 55, of Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to charges including indecent assault and sexual activity with a child. | Paul Kidd, 55, of Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to charges including indecent assault and sexual activity with a child. |
| He was given an indeterminate term of imprisonment for public protection and ordered to serve at least six years. | He was given an indeterminate term of imprisonment for public protection and ordered to serve at least six years. |
| Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard Kidd even took one of his victims to tea with the Queen Mother. | |
| Kidd, of Castlehall View, worked as a butler from 1977 to 1979 and was senior footman to the Queen Mother from 1979 to 1984. | Kidd, of Castlehall View, worked as a butler from 1977 to 1979 and was senior footman to the Queen Mother from 1979 to 1984. |
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| The offences were committed between 1974 and 1977, 1981 and 1983 - when he was in the employ of the Queen Mother - and 2005 to 2008. | The offences were committed between 1974 and 1977, 1981 and 1983 - when he was in the employ of the Queen Mother - and 2005 to 2008. |
| The 29 charges relate to historical sexual abuse against three children, who were under 16 when the offences took place. | |
| They include nine offences of indecent assault on a boy under 16, three counts of sexual activity with a boy under 16 , three counts of sexual activity with a boy under 16, 11 counts of making indecent photographs of a child and two charges of possessing indecent photographs of children. | |
| The court heard Kidd started grooming one of the boys when the victim was 12 after he had met him as a patient on a hospital ward where he worked as a trainee nurse. | |
| Another was 14 years old when he first spoke to Kidd on the CB radio airwave, the court heard. |