Rolf Harris with his Queen portrait.

The Queen is advertising for an Assistant Curator to look after her artworks at Buckingham Palace. The position carries a salary of £25,000 ($44,000) plus benefits. Candidates must have an Honours degree at 2:1 or higher.

However, the Queen’s advisers appear to have made an odd choice in placing the advert. The ad appears in The Guardian, a newspaper that once employed a KGB agent and is known for its left-wing views.

The reason this is so sensitive is that in 1979, her then Art Curator, Anthony Blunt, was unmasked as a Soviet spy. Surely a more upmarket rag would be appropriate?

Maybe Rolf Harris will take the job?