Grant Harrold

Grant William Veitch Harrold (born 1978 in Airdrie, Scotland) is a British etiquette expert, former Royal butler, and broadcaster. He worked as a Butler for the Prince of Wales from 2004 to 2011.[1][2] His first employers were Urs Schwarzenbach and Major Christopher Hanbury on the Ben Alder estate, where he began working in private service in 1997.[3]

Grant Harrold
Born
Grant Harrold

(1978-04-26) 26 April 1978
Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
NationalityBritish
Other namesThe Royal Butler
OccupationButler, Etiquette expert
Known forFormer Royal butler to Prince Charles, The Duchess of Cornwall and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry
Websitetheroyalbutler.co.uk

Based in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, Harrold now runs an etiquette and butler school. He also gives talks and demonstrations on afternoon tea etiquette, dinner parties etiquette and similar etiquette events. In 2014 Harrold's company Nicholas Veitch Limited alongside Blenheim Palace founded the royal butler school, The Royal School of Butlers.[4]

Television and Radio

Harrold 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.[5]

Grant launched his own "The Royal Butler Guide" YouTube channel in 2016.[6]

Controversy

In 2020, Harrold applied to register "The Royal Butler" as trademark for his business, however the Royal Family intervened and the trademark was denied. Harrold had claimed that he had won the right to the trademark as part of a settlement when he left Royal service.[2]

In 2021 he was criticised by Asian communities for suggesting that people should never eat rice with their hands, a practice common in many Asian countries.[7]

References
  1. "An Interview with Grant Harrold, Former Butler to Prince Charles". 24 March 2013.
  2. MacDonald, Stuart. "Queen stops former butler Grant Harrold from exploiting royal title". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. "Nicholas Veitch Limited". Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  4. "The Royal School of Butlers". BlenheimPalace.
  5. "Grant Harrold". Nicholas Veitch Limited. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  6. "The Royal Butler, YouTube effect". YouTube.
  7. "Ex-royal butler's rice-eating comments spark online backlash". South China Morning Post. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
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