{"id":365900,"date":"2025-08-23T00:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T00:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/365900\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T00:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T00:05:14","slug":"the-kings-former-butler-on-life-inside-the-royal-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/365900\/","title":{"rendered":"The King\u2019s former butler on life inside the Royal family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On today\u2019s Daily T, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2025\/08\/18\/royal-butler-grant-harrold-charles-william-harry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Grant Harrold recounts his extraordinary journey;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Grant Harrold recounts his extraordinary journey<\/a> from a terraced house in North Lanarkshire to serving as butler to the then-Prince of Wales at Highgrove.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Harrold\u2019s boyhood fascination with the Queen set him on a path that ended with a critical role in the inner sanctum of every day Royal life, and he tells The Daily T how a young Prince Harry dropped water bombs on him, how the Queen\u2019s mischievous nature saw him sprinting along a corridor with her at Charles\u2019 residence in Scotland, and how Prince Philip turned the air blue after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex\u2019s wedding in 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He also states his belief that, although having left the household by that point, Harry and Meghan\u2019s <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2021\/03\/07\/the-firm-perpetuating-falsehoods-meghan-markle-interview-what-said-oprah\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:unflattering account of life in the Royal family;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">unflattering account of life in the Royal family<\/a> \u201cdoesn\u2019t ring right\u201d to him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u2018The Royal Butler: My remarkable life of royal service\u2019 by Grant Harrold is published by Seven Dials on August 28 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Watch episodes of The Daily T <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLJnf_DDTfIVBV8Pt89mSFIFfZBPkWUoB6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">here<\/a>. You can also listen on <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4m8VUURbHVccXOxne8NaUP?si=4eee953d3cb3425e&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=3d71d048fcab4f46\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Spotify;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Spotify<\/a>, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/the-daily-t\/id1489612924\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Apple Podcasts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, or wherever you get your podcasts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/customer\/subscribe\/01doysa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. 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