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Inside Prince Harry and Kate Middleton’s Past Friendship, According to Royal Butler<\/a> originally appeared on Parade<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n Before their public falling out, Prince Harry<\/strong> and Princess Kate Middleton<\/strong> were believed to have had a sweet friendship. Now former royal butler Grant Harrold<\/strong> is offering new insight into their past relationship.<\/p>\n \u201cThey involved him,\u201d Harrold, 47, wrote about Harry, 40, in his upcoming book The Royal Butler: My Remarkable Life of Royal Service<\/a><\/em>, according to an excerpt published by The Telegraph<\/a><\/em> on Monday, August 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 Harry would often \u201cgo shopping\u201d and \u201cgo to pubs\u201d with Kate, 43.<\/p>\n \u201cI think when people say, \u2018Oh he was left out,\u2019 he really wasn\u2019t,\u201d Harrold wrote. \u201cBut also, he was with Chelsy<\/strong> [Davy, the Prince\u2019s former girlfriend]. Chelsy was always around. And Chelsy and Kate got on really well.\u201d<\/p>\n Harrold, who worked for King Charles III<\/strong> for seven years, added that Harry and Prince William<\/strong> were \u201cso close.” Their relationship is now drastically different after Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle<\/strong><\/a>, stepped down from their royal duties in 2020.<\/p>\n \u201cThe banter was great,\u201d Harrold wrote of the brothers. \u201cThey used to go around being silly with each other and winding each other up, jumping out at their dad from corners and making him laugh. It was just like a family<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Parade Daily\ud83c\udfac <\/strong>SIGN UP for Parade\u2019s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/strong><\/a> \ud83c\udfac<\/strong><\/p>\n While neither Harry nor William have said much about their estrangement, the Duke of Sussex detailed some of their issues in his 2023<\/em> memoir, Spare<\/em>. He claimed in the book that he and William had a physical altercation in 2019, which led to issues they have never been able to work through.<\/p>\n Despite their conflicts, an insider exclusively told Parade<\/em> that the brothers might be able to mend their relationship<\/a> amid Charles’ cancer battle. \u201cKing Charles really isn\u2019t doing well,\u201d the source said in an August 14 interview, adding that Charles, 76, is \u201cdeteriorating more.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt wouldn\u2019t be surprising if William and Harry reconnected a bit more over this. This could be the thing that pushes it to happen,” the insider shared.<\/p>\n