Grant Harrold
Grant William Veitch Harrold is a British etiquette expert, Royal butler, and broadcaster. He worked as a Butler for the Prince of Wales from 2004 to 2011, and had earlier worked for both the 14th and 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.
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 Grant was appointed to the position of Personal aide to Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia and Serbia.. In 2014 Harrold's company Nicholas Veitch Limited alongside Blenheim Palace founded the royal butler school, The Royal School of Butlers. Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia is the Royal patron of the School.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. 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 in 2014. In 2016, Grant appeared with Michael Portillo for Great Railway Journeys.
Grant launched his own "The Royal Butler Guide" YouTube channel in 2016.
Harrold appeared in an episode of ITVBe show The Real Housewives of Cheshire to teach Ester Dee, Tanya Bardsley and Nermina Pieters British Royal Tea Etiquette.
