{"id":352511,"date":"2025-08-17T20:43:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T20:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/352511\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T20:43:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T20:43:15","slug":"former-butler-tells-all-prince-philip-took-savage-swipe-at-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-after-their-2018-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/352511\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Butler Tells All: Prince Philip Took Savage Swipe at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle After Their 2018 Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755463392_185_image\" alt=\"https:\/\/img.particlenews.com\/image.php?url=4LpSvZ_13s1j88G00\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\"\/>Prince Philip was not a fan of his grandson&#8217;s wedding. mega<\/p>\n<p>Former royal butler <strong>Grant Harrold<\/strong>, author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Royal-Butler-Remarkable-Life-Service\/dp\/B0DW4LYB34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The Royal Butler: My Remarkable Life of Royal Service<\/a>, cited a shocking statement in his memoir that <a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/t\/prince-philip\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Philip<\/a> made while in attendance at <a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/t\/prince-harry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Harry<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/t\/meghan-markle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meghan Markle<\/a>\u2019s 2018 wedding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce all the formalities were over, we watched as the happy couple, and then the other members of the Royal Family, filed out of the chapel,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/royals\/article-15006475\/Prince-Philip-Queen-Harry-Meghan-wedding-Royal-butler.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Harrold wrote<\/a> in his upcoming work, due to be released on August 28. \u201cWhen Prince Philip came out, he turned to the <a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/t\/queen-elizabeth-ii\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Queen [Elizabeth]<\/a> and said, \u2018Thank f&#8212; that\u2019s over.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I Think He Was Speaking for the Majority of the People&#8217;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755463393_459_image\" alt=\"https:\/\/img.particlenews.com\/image.php?url=3vhTkt_13s1j88G00\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\"\/>Prince Philip made an explicit remark about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle&#8217;s wedding. mega<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very funny,\u201d the former butler, who attended the couple\u2019s wedding at St. George\u2019s Chapel in Windsor Castle, added. \u201cI think he was speaking for the majority of people, who were wondering what it was all about and when it was going to end, but he was the man who actually said it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harry and Meghan married on May 19, 2018. Bishop <strong>Michael Curry <\/strong>delivered a sermon that was unconventional to the royal norm, which Harrold detailed in his memoir.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe could see everybody walking in and out and hear the whole service, including the animated and very lengthy sermon by the American bishop Michael Curry,\u201d he described of the event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Delighted to See Prince Harry So Happy&#8217;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755463394_720_image\" alt=\"https:\/\/img.particlenews.com\/image.php?url=2KaHNQ_13s1j88G00\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\"\/>The author said Prince Harry looked &#8216;happy&#8217; when he married Meghan Markle. mega<\/p>\n<p>Harrold also provided a look into provisions Harry and Meghan offered to attendees, writing, \u201cThe couple had provided picnic bags with shortbread, water, and a royal chocolate coin in a commemorative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized the contentment Harry displayed as he married the When Sparks Fly actress, saying he was \u201cdelighted to see Prince Harry so happy.\u201d Harrold elaborated on the support the couple received, writing, \u201cThe crowds turned out in unbelievable numbers, and the atmosphere was amazing. Our tickets permitted us to sit outside, which was perfect, because I saw a lot more than I did when inside for <a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/t\/prince-charles-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Charles<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/t\/camilla-parker-bowles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Camilla\u2019s<\/a> marriage blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meghan Markle&#8217;s History With the Royals<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755463394_300_image\" alt=\"https:\/\/img.particlenews.com\/image.php?url=0ev1ft_13s1j88G00\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\"\/>Meghan Markle formed a negative reputation for herself within the Royal Family. mega<\/p>\n<p>Harry and Meghan have since relocated to Montecito, Calif., where they raise their two children, <strong>Archie<\/strong>, 6, and <strong>Lilibet<\/strong>, 4.<\/p>\n<p>After stepping down as working members of the Royal Family, Harry and Meghan have received an insurmountable amount of criticism regarding the Suits actress\u2019 behaviors. <a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/p\/meghan-markle-royal-staffers-worried-revenge-bullying-claims\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meghan\u2019s \u201cbullying\u201d of royal staffers<\/a> allegedly got so severe, staff sought therapy to treat their PTSD.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Andrew Told Prince Harry His &#8216;Biggest Mistake&#8217; Would Be Marrying Meghan Markle<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755463395_601_image\" alt=\"https:\/\/img.particlenews.com\/image.php?url=4fTzhX_13s1j88G00\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\"\/>Prince Andrew told Prince Harry that marrying Meghan Markle would be a &#8216;mistake.&#8217; mega<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Royal Family have also expressed their disdain for the couple and their decision to get married. <\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OK!<\/a>reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/t\/prince-andrew\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Andrew<\/a> told Harry that his \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/okmagazine.com\/p\/royal-feud-prince-harry-prince-andrew-meghan-markle-biggest-mistake\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">biggest mistake ever<\/a>\u201d would be marrying Meghan, whom the Duke of York claimed was \u201ctoo old\u201d for his nephew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Philip was not a fan of his grandson&#8217;s wedding. mega Former royal butler Grant Harrold, author of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[1500,7709,7721,7719,124460,7718,3611,7720,1281,30707,121734,447,7710,519,7711],"class_list":{"0":"post-352511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-british-royal-family","10":"tag-duchess-of-sussex","11":"tag-duke-of-sussex","12":"tag-former-butler-tells-all-prince-philip-took-savage-swipe-at-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-after-their-2018-wedding","13":"tag-harry","14":"tag-local-news","15":"tag-meghan","16":"tag-meghan-markle","17":"tag-newsbreak","18":"tag-ok-magazine","19":"tag-prince-harry","20":"tag-royal-families","21":"tag-royal-family","22":"tag-uk-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115046056838427398","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}