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Princess Kate Middleton<\/strong> has been married to husband Prince William<\/strong> for more than a decade, though a former royal butler admitted he thought she would date his brother, Prince Harry<\/strong>, when the couple briefly split.<\/p>\n \u201cThey got on so well,\u201d Grant Harrold<\/strong>, who previously worked as a butler to King Charles III<\/strong>, told Us Weekly<\/a><\/em> in an interview published on Saturday, September 6.<\/p>\n Harrold continued, \u201cI remember, when [William] and [Kate] separated \u2014 and I think I said this \u2014 you know, [Harry] and [Kate] got on so well that I even thought that maybe Harry and her would get together.”<\/p>\n \u201cThey were that close. They were best friends, and I wouldn\u2019t have put it past Harry<\/a> 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,” he said of Kate, 43, and Harry, 40. “So it could have been Harry and Catherine easily, I would have thought. But, you know, thankfully [William] got her back.\u201d<\/p>\n Harrold, who wrote the upcoming book The Royal Butler<\/a><\/em>, went on to emphasize “how close they were.\u201d<\/p>\n William, 43, and Middleton first started dating in 2001 after they met at the University of St. Andrews. The couple broke up in 2007. However, their split didn’t last long as they reconciled in 2008. William and Middleton went on to get engaged in 2010 and wed in 2011.<\/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 Harrold said that Harry could have tried to pursue a romance with Middleton<\/a>, he ultimately thinks he helped facilitate the reconciliation.<\/p>\n \u201cHarry definitely would have said to his brother<\/a>, \u2018You\u2019re crazy.\u2019 I\u2019m sure. I\u2019m convinced of it,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cWe all thought it, you know. We were all thinking, \u2018This is mad.\u2019 Because they were such a good couple together. And you know, when they separated in 2007, you know, we all wanted [them] to get back together. I was thrilled when they did.\u201d<\/p>\n This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Sep 6, 2025, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. 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