{"id":403809,"date":"2025-09-06T23:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/403809\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T23:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T23:21:12","slug":"butler-convinced-kate-middleton-prince-harry-would-get-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/403809\/","title":{"rendered":"Butler Convinced Kate Middleton &#038; Prince Harry \u2018Would Get Together\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pmc-ecomm-disclaimer\">\n\tIf you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDespite it happening nearly 20 years ago, everyone is talking about Prince William and Catherine, Princess of Wales (also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/tags\/kate-middleton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kate Middleton<\/a>), splitting up briefly in 2007. Many claim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/articles\/1234919423\/prince-william-kate-middleton-2007-breakup-reason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">it was a PR stunt<\/a>, while others say it was a turning point in their relationship. However, one royal staff member said he saw the breakup heading in a different direction; in fact, he said he was convinced they wouldn\u2019t get back together, and that Kate would\u2019ve ended up with William\u2019s brother, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/tags\/prince-harry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prince Harry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tGrant Harrold, who was a butler to King Charles III, is coming out with a new book entitled <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/clicks.trx-hub.com\/xid\/pmc_0aaa4_sheknows?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FRoyal-Butler-Remarkable-Life-Service%2Fdp%2FB0DW4LYB34%2F%3Ftag%3Dskaffiliate-20%26asc_source%3Dweb%26asc_campaign%3Dweb%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.sheknows.com%252Fentertainment%252Farticles%252F1234921540%252Fkate-middleton-prince-william-2007-breakup-prince-harry%252F&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sheknows.com%2Fentertainment%2Farticles%2F1234921540%2Fkate-middleton-prince-william-2007-breakup-prince-harry%2F&amp;ref=pmcTrackonomicsReferrer&amp;event_type=click\">The Royal Butler,<\/a> and it seems that he spoke about the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/slideshow\/1234895980\/prince-william-kate-middleton-relationship-controversies\/\">2007 breakup<\/a> as well to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/former-royal-butler-thought-prince-harry-and-kate-middleton-would-date\/\">Us Weekly<\/a>. Turns out, he might\u2019ve shipped Harry and Kate together, saying, \u201cThey got on so well. I remember, when [Prince William] and [Kate] separated \u2014 and I think I said this \u2014 you know, [Prince Harry] and [Kate] got on so well that I even thought that maybe Harry and she would get together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/living\/articles\/1234892383\/clinique-pink-honey-lipstick\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex@tablet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pink-honey.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pink-honey.jpg\" alt=\"Clinique\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\tRelated story<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tShoppers Call the Pink Version of Clinique\u2019s Black Honey the \u2018Perfect My Lips but Better Lipstick\u2019\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThey were that close. They were best friends, and I wouldn\u2019t have put it past Harry thinking, \u2018Well, she\u2019s a pretty girl, My brother didn\u2019t want her. I\u2019ll have her.\u2019 That wouldn\u2019t have surprised me at all. So it could have been Harry and Catherine easily, I would have thought. But, you know, thankfully [William] got her back,\u201d he added. \u201cWhat I\u2019m trying to say is, that is how close they were.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-672028510.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-672028510.jpg\" alt=\"LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 23: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Prince Harry and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attend the start of the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon on April 23, 2017 in London, England. The Heads Together mental heath campaign, spearheaded by The Duke &amp; Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, is the marathon's 2017 Charity of the Year. (Photo by Max Mumby\/Indigo\/Getty Images)\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"719\" width=\"1024\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tPrince Harry and Catherine Princess of Wales<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tObviously, that isn\u2019t what happened since Kate and William got back together soon after, and married in 2011. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tKate and Harry were quite close until the infamous royal rift that happened after he and his wife, Meghan Markle, whom he married in 2018, left the royal family. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Before you go, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/slideshow\/2354654\/royal-tell-all-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> to find out which tell-all books expose major royal family secrets. <\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheknows.com\/entertainment\/slideshow\/2354654\/royal-tell-all-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2473870 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/REFRESH-These-Royal-Family-Tell-All-Books-Break-Down-Every-Major-Scandal-in-House-of-Windsor-History.jpeg\" alt=\"Finding Freedom, Lady in Waiting\" width=\"693\" height=\"390\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,447,2832,532,2831,7710,519,4566,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-403809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-prince-harry","13":"tag-prince-of-wales","14":"tag-prince-william","15":"tag-princess-of-wales","16":"tag-royal-families","17":"tag-royal-family","18":"tag-shop","19":"tag-uk-royal-family","20":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115159923677623634","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403809","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=403809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}