Grant Harrold

Grant Harrold
Born	Grant Harrold (1978-04-26) 26 April 1978 Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Nationality	British
Other names	The Royal Butler
Occupation(s)	Etiquette Expert, Royal Commentator and Broadcaster
Known for	Former Royal butler to Prince Charles, The Duchess of Cornwall and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry
Title	Mister

Grant William Veitch Harrold (born 1978 in Airdrie, Scotland) also known as The Royal Butler, 'Britain's Official Etiquette Expert' is a butler and advisor to various members of the British Royal Family and other notable people and celebrities. and an etiquette expert and broadcaster. He was also a butler for HRH Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry. He has also worked for Urs Schwarzenbach and Major Christopher Hanbury on the Ben Alder estate.

Based in Gloucestershire, Harrold runs an etiquette and household consultancy company, Nicholas Veitch Limited. He also gives talks and demonstrations on afternoon tea etiquette, dinner parties etiquette and similar etiquette events. Grant was appointed to the position of Personal aide to HRH Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia and Serbia and helps with the day-to-day running of the Royal Household of HRH The Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia and Serbia.

Television and radio

Grant has been on our TV screens for almost 20 years, as he first appeared regularly as the butler on the reality television programme Country House at Woburn Abbey between 2000 and 2003 whilst working for Robin Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford and his son Andrew Russell, 15th Duke of Bedford, and then in 2012 was part of the BBC Three series Be Your Own Boss. In 2013 Grant featured with Ruth Watson in Ruth Watson Means Business! in which he helped Watson improve Fawsley Hall in Northampton. Grant also featured in the television series You Can't Get The Staff for Channel 4, 2014. In 2016 Grant appeared with Michael Portillo for Great Railway Journeys.

In 2012, he appeared on RTL. He has also been interviewed by Kate Clark and Anna King on BBC Radio Gloucestershire and by Peter Levy on BBC Radio Humberside.

In 2013, he was interviewed by Charlie D'Agata for CBS News on British etiquette. He also appeared on ET Canada talking about his role and time with Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and about the birth of Prince George of Cambridge.

In 2015 Grant assisted Noel Edmonds and was working on one of his positivety network radio stations "Positively Royal" which promotes the British and European royal families. Grant known as "The Royal Butler" was a host alongside Brian Perkins

2016 and 2017 saw Grant working appearing on ITV’s Good Morning Britain and ITV’s This Morning. He has also regularly interviewed by BBC Radio and Sky News as a Royal Etiquette Expert. He also occasionally joins the team on Talk Radio.

2012 Law Suit

In 2012 Harrold sued the British royal family for unfair dismissal after Harrold allegedly refused to move from the Prince of Wales's country residence, Highgrove to Clarence House in London.

Eventually he was diagnosed with phobic anxiety depersonalisation syndrome, said to give him panic attacks if he was in a big city, like London, for any length of time. Legal papers revealed in the court case revealed that one member of the British Royal Household deemed Harrold “too dangerous” to work with the Prince and banned him from direct contact with the royal family.