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Former Highgrove Butler Challenges Harry’s Memoir Depiction of Camilla

Harrold’s latest interviews recount dinners, parties, a playful postwedding moment, all of which contradict the tensions described in Spare.

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Overview

  • Grant Harrold says he witnessed no animosity among King Charles, Queen Camilla and Princes William and Harry during shared meals and gatherings.
  • He recalls installing “Just Married” signs on Charles’s car and racing after it at the 2005 wedding reception.
  • Harrold describes a first meeting with a 19-year-old Harry that began with a playful water-balloon playfight.
  • His forthcoming memoir, The Royal Butler, will offer additional firsthand accounts from his 2004–2011 service at Highgrove.
  • Prince Harry has acknowledged that some family members may never forgive him for Spare but said he still hopes for reconciliation.