Prince William and Prince Harry used to enjoy nights at the local pub with their partners, Princess Kate and Chelsy Davy, a former royal butler has exclusively told GB News.
Grant Harrold, who worked for King Charles for seven years when William and Harry were younger, spoke exclusively to GB News at his official book launch at The Rubens at the Palace, opposite Buckingham Palace, for "The Royal Butler: My remarkable life of royal service".
He recalled that the brothers were often spotted relaxing at a pub near Tetbury in Gloucestershire.
“I’d seen him in the local pubs. It was quite weird. That doesn’t happen now,” Mr Harrold told the People's Channel.
‘That doesn’t happen now!’ Royal butler recalls William and Harry’s pub nights with Kate and Chelsy
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“There’s a local pub near Tetbury, I can’t remember what it’s called." At that point, Jack Stooks, a former royal gardener, intervened to remind him it was called The Custard Pot.
Mr Harrold continued: "We used to go in there, and you’d walk into the bar and you’d have William and Harry and Kate and Chelsy Davy, all sitting there.
"Just having a drink, which is quite weird. They were just fun. As I’ve said all the way along, they were just a family that all got on really nicely. It was always a fun place to eat.”
Mr Harrold, who has built a career as a royal commentator since leaving Charles’s household, said the pub outings were part of a time when the princes enjoyed more freedom away from public scrutiny.
Grant Harrold spoke exclusively to GB News at his book launch
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Away from the pubs, Harrold also remembered moments that showed the brothers’ down-to-earth sides. One of his most vivid memories of Harry came during a stay at Sandringham when the young prince insisted on cleaning up after a dog indoors.
“Harry came into the kitchen one morning and was kind of looking around for something,” Mr Harrold explained.
“He got a whole load of kitchen paper, and I said, ‘Where are you going?’ He said, ‘I need to do something, don’t worry about it.’
"I followed him upstairs, and there was a dog that had done its business inside. It’s Harry – he shouldn’t have to clean it all up.
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William, meanwhile, was remembered for his sense of humour. Mr Harrold recalled one day filling up Charles’s car with fuel when he was unexpectedly tapped on the shoulder.
“I went to pay, and someone started tapping me. I turned around and they had full leathers on and a helmet,” he said. “I looked at this chap, looked away, and he did it again. The third time he did it, I thought, 'Who is this?'
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"Then I heard a voice say, ‘You don’t recognise me?’ He lifted the helmet, and it was William being silly.”
Mr Harrold suggested that the princes, despite their positions, were keen to live as normally as possible.
“They were just fun,” he said. “They were just a family.”