[1] Reflecting the different constitutions of the churches of England and Scotland, there are separate households in each nation.
The Deputy Clerk of the Closet, a new office dating only from 1677, is Paul Wright, Domestic Chaplain to the Sovereign and Sub-dean of the Chapel Royal and the sole full-time clerical member of the household.
During the reign of Queen Victoria, there were 36 Chaplains-in-Ordinary and a number of honorary chaplains.
Chaplains appointed as a bishop or to other senior church positions leave the household.
Other members are the Dean of the Thistle (where held by another individual), and two Domestic Chaplains: the minister at Crathie Kirk (by Balmoral Castle) and the minister at the Canongate Kirk (by the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh).