Grant Harrold
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| Born | Grant Harrold 26 April 1978 |
| 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 and Prince Harry |
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.[1][2][3] 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 two Dukes of Bedford at Woburn Abbey, Robin Russell, 14th Duke of Bedford and Andrew Russell, 15th Duke of Bedford. His first employers were Urs Schwarzenbach and Major Christopher Hanbury on the Ben Alder estate, where he began working in private service in 1997.[4] He has also being called one of Europe's top Gurus on Etiquette by Easyjet[5]
Based in Gloucestershire, Harrold still lives at the Prince of Wales's country residence, Highgrove and now runs an etiquette and household consultancy company, Nicholas Veitch Limited.[6][7] He also gives talks and demonstrations on afternoon tea etiquette, dinner parties etiquette and similar etiquette events. In 2014 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. In 2014 Harrold's company Nicholas Veitch Limited alongside Blenheim Palace founded the butler school, The Royal School of Butlers.[8] HRH Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia is the Royal patron of the School.
He is also one of the newest guest speakers for Seabourn Cruise Line which is an ultra-luxury cruise line headquartered in Seattle, Washington. The line operates all around the world, from short seven-day Caribbean cruises to exotic 100+ day around the world cruises.[9]
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.[6] 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.[10] He has also been interviewed by Kate Clark and Anna King on BBC Radio Gloucestershire and by Peter Levy on BBC Radio Humberside.[11]
In 2013, he was interviewed by Charlie D'Agata for CBS News on British etiquette.[12] 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"[13] 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 was also regularly interviewed by BBC Radio and Sky News as a Royal Etiquette Expert. He occasionally joins the team on Talk Radio. In the summer of 2016 he joined Matt Barbet and Gaby Roslin on Channel 5 appearing on The Breakfast Show teaching talk show host Jerry Springer and actress Lisa Faulkner how to behave like a King and Queen. Later that year AOL used his top 7 'Butler Hacks' for their website.[14]
Grant launched his own "The Royal Butler Guide" in 2016 on his YouTube site which has been popular with his social media audience which covers Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, plus another eleven media platforms.[15]
For ITVBe, Grant joined the cast from The Real Housewives of Cheshire to teach Ester Dee, Tanya Bardsley and Nermina Pieters British Royal Tea Etiquette. Grant was back on our screens in November in the ITV documentary Prince Harry and Meghan: Truly Madly Deeply'. Shortly after this he joined The Dolan Twins and Sabrina Carpenter for an special afternoon tea etiquette class for the American TRL network in conjunction with the MTV Music Awards 2017, held in London.[16]
To date Grant is also periodically asked to join BBC Radio 5 Live and Talk Radio to comment on the day's top stories, as well as appearing as a royal commentator and etiquette expert on Sky News, BBC News, ITVThis Morning', ITV's 'Good Morning Britain', and Channel 5 News.[17]
Grant is often quoted in the British and worldwide press on Royal, Etiquette and Butler related subjects.[18][19][19][20] Woman's magazine 'Now To Love' even called him "The British Royal Family's Favourite Butler".[21]
References
- ^ "You rang, Sir?". The Lady.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Eat in ironed underpants, peel peaches for ladies, and it's 'loo', never 'toilet': Prince Charles's ex-butler on how to dine like a future King". Daily Mail. 25 November 2012.
- ^ "Mind Your Manners". Cotswold Life. 28 November 2012.
- ^ "Nicholas Veitch Limited".
- ^ "Party Season". easyjet. 12 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Grant Harrold". Nicholas Veitch Limited.
- ^ "theroyalbutler.co.uk".
- ^ "The Royal School of Butlers". BlenheimPalace.
- ^ "Seabourn Club News". Seabourn.
- ^ "RTL Aktuell". RTL.
- ^ "Interviewing a former Royal Butler". BBC Radio Gloucestershire. 6 October 2012.
- ^ "Downton Abbey effect". CBS News. 16 January 2013.
- ^ "positivelyroyal.com".
- ^ "Aol effect". Aol. 19 September 2016.
- ^ "The Royal Butler, YouTube effect". YouTube.
- ^ "The Royal Butler and The Dolan Twins, YouTube effect". YouTube.
- ^ "Good Morning Britain, YouTube effect". Good Morning Britain.
- ^ "Daily Mail". Daily Mail.
- ^ a b "Hello". Hello Magazine.
- ^ "The Dutiful Duchess". The Daily Mail.
- ^ "Royal Family's Favourite Butler". Now To Love.