Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have “more to come” on airing out the royal family’s dirty laundry, King Charles’ former royal butler has claimed.
Grant Harrold, who worked for King Charles for seven years when he was the Prince of Wales, says the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have yet to drop even more bombshells as their feud with the Firm rages on.
“I would like to think he has drawn a line but I think there is more to come,” Harrold said. “I think there’s a lot going on and he is having to deal with it.”
“I think there’s things that have happened and only those who are there know what goes on behind closed doors so it’s one side against another,” he added.
The former royal staffer notes that Harry “could potentially do more if he feels he has been hurt or attacked.”
Harrold believes Harry and Meghan will soon earn their status as the “Prince and Princess of LA” after their so-called media route has been “tried and failed” since the pair shut the door on royal life in 2020.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have yet to drop even more bombshells about their feud with the royals, according to an ex-staffer.POOL/AFP via Getty Images
“I’ve always said they are celebrity royals,” Harrold said. “They are royals who tried the media route, they’ve tried and it’s partly failed.”
“It’s going to be interesting to see how they go forward from now, are they going to risk more partnerships failing or will they go down the royal route where they take on patronages and get involved in more charity work and become the ‘Prince and Princess of Los Angeles,’” he added.
Harry and Meghan’s move sparked several high-publicity projects such as their six-part Netflix documentary, their bombshell sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey, and Harry’s protocol-shattering memoir, “Spare.”
Harry and Meghan hit out at the Firm in their bombshell sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021.HARPO PRODUCTIONS/AFP via Getty
The pair have only returned to the UK a few times since they left the royal family.Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation
They have only returned to the UK a few times since.
Harrold noted that as “unofficial royals,” the couple shouldn’t expect any support from King Charles or Queen Camilla in the future.
“When they go to events out there they do get treated like unofficial royals so they could take that role up and carry out duties out there in an unofficial royal capacity,” explained Harrold, who served at the chief royal butler at Clarence House.
As “unofficial royals,” the Sussexes shouldn’t expect any support from the royal family in the future, Harrold said.Getty Images
“The royals might think it’s quite good if Harry and Meghan take a back step and focus on unofficial royal duties but there won’t be any endorsement or support from the monarchy.”
And as Harry’s feud with his estranged father and stepmother continues, so does his feud with his brother Prince William and sister-in-law, Princess Kate.
A reunion of the fab four is “highly unlikely,” according to the former royal staffer.
Elsewhere, Harrold says that Harry has gotten “a lot quieter” since his father became monarch.
“As far as I’m aware he has made no effort to see the King, if he went to visit him in Balmoral we would know about it, particularly for the first anniversary of the Queen’s death but he obviously made no effort,” he said.
“I think it’s quite sad because they are a family that celebrates together, they grieve together, they were, under the Queen, a united family, and I think the fact that Harry didn’t go up there is a very clear sign that the family is still divided.”
“It doesn’t mean to say it will never happen, there could be an understanding among the family but from an outsider looking at it it looks as though nothing has healed,” he added.
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