{"id":1984370,"date":"2025-08-28T10:13:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T10:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1984370"},"modified":"2025-08-28T10:13:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T10:13:18","slug":"grant-harrold-kings-former-butler-on-what-life-is-really-like-in-the-royal-family-the-daily-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/grant-harrold-kings-former-butler-on-what-life-is-really-like-in-the-royal-family-the-daily-t\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant Harrold &#8211; King&#8217;s former butler on what life is really like in the Royal family | The Daily T"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k0FOcDXPGdw?autoplay=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>On today\u2019s Daily T, Grant Harrold recounts his extraordinary journey from a terraced house in North Lanarkshire to serving as butler to the then Prince of Wales at Highgrove.<\/p>\n<p>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>He also states his belief that, although having left the household by then, Harry and Meghan\u2019s unflattering account of life in the Royal family \u201cdoesn\u2019t ring right\u201d to him.<\/p>\n<p>\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>The latest UK and world news videos, opinion pieces and series content from the Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/customer\/subscribe\/digitalsub\/3for1\/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_pvid_conversion-subscription_editorial-iniative_03-22_EGW-13_organic_youtube<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to The Telegraph on YouTube \u25ba https:\/\/bit.ly\/3idrdLH<\/p>\n<p>Visit the Telegraph website: http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/<\/p>\n<p>Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com\/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK&#8217;s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.<\/p>\n<p>#GrantHarrold #RoyalButler #RoyalFamily #PrinceOfWales #KingCharles #QueenElizabeth #PrincePhilip #PrinceHarry #MeghanMarkle #DukeAndDuchessOfSussex #Highgrove #RoyalLife #RoyalMemoir #BritishMonarchy #DailyTPodcast #SevenDials #RoyalService<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k0FOcDXPGdw\">Video Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On today\u2019s Daily T, Grant Harrold recounts his extraordinary journey from a terraced house in North Lanarkshire to serving as butler to the then Prince of Wales at Highgrove. 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