{"id":355965,"date":"2025-08-19T05:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T05:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/355965\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T05:07:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T05:07:12","slug":"a-former-royal-butler-shared-insight-into-prince-harrys-friendship-with-kate-middleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/355965\/","title":{"rendered":"A Former Royal Butler Shared Insight into Prince Harry\u2019s Friendship with Kate Middleton"},"content":{"rendered":"

The infamous royal rift between Prince William and Prince Harry<\/a> has been going on for years now, but before their relationship became seriously strained, the brothers were known for being close. And, according to former royal butler Grant Harrold<\/a>, that closeness even extended to William’s wife, Kate Middleton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In his upcoming book The Royal Butler: My Remarkable Life of Royal Service<\/a>, Harrold offers insider insight into what Harry and Kate’s relationship was like before the breakdown of the brothers’ bond.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey involved him,\u201d Harrold, writes in the upcoming book, according to an excerpt published by The Telegraph<\/a> on Monday, Aug. 18. \u201cHe used to go out with Kate. William would be away, and Kate and Harry would be off doing stuff together.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While Will, Kate, and Harry<\/a> were often seen out as a group of three, Harrold says that Harry and Kate also had a strong bond on their own, and were known to \u201cgo shopping\u201d and \u201cgo to pubs\u201d together.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think when people say, \u2018Oh he was left out,\u2019 he really wasn\u2019t. But also, he was with Chelsy,” Harrold writes, referring to Harry’s ex-girlfriend, Chelsy Davy, who he dated off and on from 2004 through 2011. “Chelsy was always around. And Chelsy and Kate got on really well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harry’s close bond with both Will and Kate was on full display at the couple’s wedding in 2011, where Harry served as best man and made a speech <\/a>that reportedly made his sister-in-law tear up.<\/p>\n

“It was affectionate, warm and funny and touched William deeply,” royal expert and biographer Katie Nicholl<\/a> wrote in her 2017 book Harry: Life, Loss, and Love, adding that the speech made Kate<\/a> shed a tear. “When he said the couple\u2019s decade-long romance was his inspiration, there was a shy smile from Chelsy, while Kate shed a tear.”<\/p>\n

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Even amid Harry’s issues with William, reports have suggested that he and Kate have maintained at least some of that old bond they shared. In 2021, a palace source said that Harry actually texted Kate directly<\/a> to share the news with his family that he and his wife, Meghan Markle, had welcomed their daughter, Lilibet.<\/p>\n

At the time, The Mail on Sunday<\/a> reported that a Palace source said Harry sending the text message to Kate was a way of “cementing her role as a bridge between him and his brother.”<\/p>\n