Forget Alfred, Carson, or platter-toting statues. The butler is being reinvented for the modern world with a wide-reaching, and unusual, perch in the lives of the jet-setting global rich.

Bread and butler: Staffing agencies said their workers are closely scrutinizing their bosses and demanding sky-high wages. Getty Images Good help is hard to find for NYC’s super-rich. Thanks to ...

History. True to their name, butler's pantries were originally used by butlers during the 19th century in wealthy American ...

Popularity in China of British TV series ‘Downton Abbey,’ fondness for things European spark craze for personal uniformed assistants ...

Renowned for its high levels of service, and hosting some of the most discerning customers at sea, the iconic Queen Elizabeth 2, now a floating hotel docked permanently in Dubai, will be home to ...

BEIJING – Soup spoon, salad fork ... Zhang Zhejing struggled to remember how to lay out the cutlery on either side of the plate. She also forgot to put the water glass next to the wine glass ...

By Jeeves, We're Having a Butler Shortage The world is running short on butlers. No, really. The number of wealthy individuals who will pay $50,000 and up for a well-trained butler has outstripped ...

FAIRFIELD — Nearly 200 years of Butler County history will be on the auction block Saturday. Items that were collected by Esther Benzing, known as the “First Lady of Fairfield,” will be sold ...

The International Butler Academy opened in July in a sprawling villa in Chengdu, China, where it is run by former butlers from Switzerland, Belgium, the U.S. and Canada.

Forget Alfred, Carson, or platter-toting statues. The butler is being reinvented for the modern world with a wide-reaching, and unusual, perch in the lives of the jet-setting global rich.

Butlers cleaning up: Huge increase in mega-wealthy Chinese citizens leads to creation of country's first school for posh staff. International Butler Academy opened in sprawling villa in Chengdu, China ...