Former royal butler Grant Harrold has shared his thoughts on whether Prince Harry and the royal family will ever reconcile, and the one thing that will never happen if they do

Grant Harrold, a former butler to King Charles, has shared his insights on the possibility of a reconciliation between Prince Harry and the rest of the Royal family. Harrold, who served as the King’s butler at Highgrove from 2004 to 2011, had a front-row seat to the relationship between Princes William and Harry during their late teens and early twenties.

In a new tell-all book, Harrold revealed to the Mirror just how “inseparable” the princes were before their years-long rift took hold. This revelation comes as Meghan Markle criticizes a ‘silly’ Royal rule she had to follow ‘all the time’.

Harrold stated, “William and Harry were so close, as brothers go. With many siblings, you can be close as children and then maybe drift a bit as you grow up in your late teens and early 20s, but William and Harry were the opposite. It comes after Meghan Markle and Prince Harry would ‘consider’ huge royal opportunity from King Charles

“I don’t know if it’s because of their mother’s death, but they were inseparable. They were hanging out together, going to pubs together, just having fun together.”

Given his first-hand experience of the princes’ relationship, Harrold noted that there were “never signs of any rift”, adding: “If I had been told all those years ago that they were going to fall out, I would’ve bet £100 that it would never happen.”

“Even when the rumors first started, I was publicly assuring the press that they would never fall out, that’s how confident I was. And when all the conflict really kicked off, I found myself wondering, ‘Why has this all gone so horribly wrong?’ I couldn’t make sense of it because now they’re not even talking to each other, and they used to be in constant communication. It’s truly heartbreaking.”

When questioned about his views on a potential Royal reconciliation, Harrold suggested that if the Sussexes and the Royal family ever reunited, it would be a far cry from their relationship before Harry and Meghan’s departure from the Firm.

“Families have disagreements, and families can mend, but it’s never quite the same,” he expressed. “So yes, I can envision a reconciliation, I can see Harry returning, but not to the Firm as it once was.

“I don’t foresee Harry and Meghan ever appearing on the Palace balcony for Trooping the Colour, for instance, but I can imagine the family mending fences behind closed doors and working towards the King seeing his grandchildren [Archie and Lilibet].

“I believe that’s what they’re striving for. They might be thinking ‘Let’s just be a family behind closed doors and move past this rift from our perspective, not from the public’s perspective’.”

However, considering Harry and Meghan’s history of making allegations against the Royal family, Harrold cautioned the Sussexes about misusing their new Netflix deal.

“Are there more books coming? Are there more documentaries coming?” he questioned. “We don’t know, and I really hope not because that’s the sad bit. As long as they stick to things like Meghan’s lifestyle show and not the tell-all books and documentaries, then there is a possibility for a reunion.”

Despite numerous calls for a Royal reconciliation, Harrold acknowledged that there have been countless public attacks over the years, making a reunion challenging if it occurs at all.

He said: “The way things are now is such a mess. And we don’t know if Kate will ever forgive Harry for example, and there are so many people involved, and I think we have to accept that there is a real possibility that we may ever see them as a united family in public, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t trying to heal the rift behind closed doors.”