Last week, Grant Harrold - who spent seven years at Highgrove and was present at key moments for King Charles, Princes William and Harry - released his memoir, The Royal Butler: My Remarkable Life of Royal Service.
Harrold's newly released book reveals many aspects of the British Royal Family
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Like other memoirs, the book reveals many first-hand facts about the royal family.
Harrold shared that he enjoyed serving King Charles, whom he described as "gentle, very calm. He worked hard and could not stand fools. He got along with everyone and although he was sometimes seen as a loner, he was not." Contrary to speculation that this was a grumpy king, Harrold said that in his seven years of serving King Charles "never raised his voice once."
The most notable thing about this book is the sharing about the royal members. Accordingly, when Harrold first arrived, King Charles and Queen Camilla were still living apart. He said that despite this, Queen Camilla often went to Highgrove without "police protection or anyone else".
However, King Charles was very attentive to her. Harrold said: "King Charles often asked me to bring something to her. One time she opened the window upstairs and asked for someone. When I answered, she invited me to tea at 9:45 pm."
Another point that caught everyone's attention was the announcement of the engagement of King Charles and Queen Camilla. "At the end of the ceremony, they took a flight straight to Birkhall (at Balmoral Estate). We all went out and waved to them and laughed when William and Harry decorated their car with the words 'Just Married'. As they drove through the arches to cheers, the boys ran after the car."
The royal family at the wedding of King Charles and Queen Camilla
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Readers quickly noticed the contradiction between this memory and Prince Harry's account in the book Spare . Specifically, Harry revealed that he begged his father not to marry Camilla: "We support you, always have. Same with Camilla. But please don't marry her. Stay together, Dad." For his part, King Charles did not respond immediately, but Camilla took her own actions.
Harry called them "private summits" and the pair "began a long-term game of see-saw". He also called it "a campaign for marriage and eventually the crown (with Dad's approval, we assume)".
Harrold claims his recollections of the royal relationships he witnessed are very different to those described in Harry's memoir. "I can assure you that the four of them got along very well. And that's why I don't understand why Harry would write that. Because I saw them having dinner, drinking, going to parties together," he writes.
As Harrold recalls, there was “no hostility” on display. Nor did the relationship he observed between Charles and his sons mirror the one Harry portrayed: “The king would do things to make them giggle.”
"Harold's book is a direct attack on Harry," said a palace source. "It basically says, 'Don't trust Harry, trust me!'" Another said: "He (Harry) knows this himself. The king is using his loyal followers to change the public's reaction to Harry's one-sided narrative."
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/vua-charles-phan-phao-nhung-cao-buoc-cua-hoang-tu-harry-185250829124434373.htm
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