The Truth About Prince Harry And Kate Middleton’s Relationship

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00:00Former royal butler Grant Harreld describes Harry and Kate Middleton's close bond.

00:04A surprising new account has emerged about the private relationship between Prince Harry

00:09and Kate Middleton, and it directly challenges the perception that Harry was always an outsider

00:14in the royal family.

00:15According to Grant Harreld, a former royal butler who worked for King Charles from 2004

00:21to 2011, Kate and Harry enjoyed a uniquely close friendship in the early years of her

00:26marriage to Prince William.

00:28Harreld recalls the pair often spending time together while William was away, and not

00:32just at formal engagements.

00:34He used to go out with Kate, Harreld explained.

00:37William would be away, and Kate and Harry would be off doing stuff together.

00:40They'd go shopping together, they'd go to pubs together.

00:43His description paints a picture of an easy, relaxed bond between the Duchess of Cambridge

00:48and her brother-in-law, a connection many outsiders never knew existed.

00:52Harry was integrated into Kate and William's lives, not left out as many believed.

00:57For years, royal watchers speculated that Prince Harry was isolated within the family, often

01:01portrayed as the third wheel to William and Kate's seemingly perfect partnership.

01:06However, Harreld insists this narrative is misleading.

01:09Far from being excluded, Harry was a central part of their daily lives and had a natural

01:13closeness with his sister-in-law.

01:15The fact that Kate welcomed him into her world, even during William's absences, underscores

01:20the warmth and trust that once existed between them.

01:24For Harreld, these outings to pubs, shops, and casual social events were not staged photo

01:29opportunities, but authentic moments of friendship.

01:32They involved him, Harreld emphasized, refuting the notion that Harry was simply tolerated

01:37as a tag-along.

01:39Former royal butler, Grant Harreld's memories challenged Prince Harry's claims in his

01:43memoir Spare.

01:44What makes Grant Harreld's recollections particularly striking is how they directly conflict with

01:49Prince Harry's own portrayal of royal life in his memoir Spare.

01:53In the book, Harry often describes feelings of alienation, tension, and mistrust within

01:59the family.

02:00Yet Grant recalls a very different atmosphere, one defined by camaraderie and closeness.

02:05This is not only true of Harry's relationship with Kate, but also extends to his relationship

02:09with William and their stepmother, Queen Camilla.

02:12According to Grant, the four of them, I promise you, got on so well.

02:17And that's why I don't understand what Harry said.

02:20I really don't understand.

02:22Because I saw them.

02:23I saw them having dinners together.

02:24I saw them having drinks together.

02:26I saw them going to parties together.

02:29The disputed story of Charles and Camilla's wedding highlights contradictions.

02:33One of the clearest examples of these conflicting narratives involves the wedding of King Charles

02:37and Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005.

02:40In Spare, Harry claimed that both he and William begged their father not to marry Camilla, describing

02:46her as dangerous and a threat to their family's stability.

02:50Grant Harreld, however, remembers a very different reaction from the prince's.

02:55He says both William and Harry were not only supportive of the marriage, but actively celebrated

03:00it.

03:01According to Grant, the brothers decorated their father's car with just married signs and

03:05even chased after it as Charles and Camilla drove away.

03:08This account suggests joy and playfulness rather than the bitterness Harry described, raising

03:13fresh questions about whose version of events is closer to the truth.

03:17Whose version of royal life should be believed, Prince Harry's or royal butler Grant Harreld's?

03:22The stark contrast between Harry's published claims and Grant Harreld's first-hand memories

03:27highlights the complicated nature of royal storytelling.

03:30On one hand, Harry's memoir was deeply personal, shaped by his emotions and interpretations of events.

03:36On the other hand, Grant Harreld was an employee who saw moments the public rarely glimpsed,

03:41but his perspective may also be limited to what was visible on the surface.

03:45What is undeniable is that the two accounts cannot easily be reconciled.

03:49Was Harry's resentment hidden behind polite smiles during family dinners and parties?

03:54Or has Grant Harreld, like many royal insiders, chosen to emphasize harmony in order to protect

03:59the monarchy's image?

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