Former royal butler Grant Harrold, who knows William and Kate from their dating years, has pointed out the similarities between the Waleses and William’s late grandparents, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
Speaking at an etiquette dinner hosted by Press Box PR, Grant told HELLO!: “The thing about William and Kate is that they very much remind me of the late Queen and Prince Philip, because they were a team, they were a partnership, and the two of them are very much like that. So weirdly, it’s almost history nicely repeating itself.
“The two of them are very much best friends and make a good team. They have a really good sense of humour. When there are jokes, they’re both involved in it, and they were always fun to be around. When one of them got the giggles, the other got the giggles. So it was really sweet.
“That’s why I was devastated back in the day when they split because I really wanted them to get married. So I was quite glad when they actually did and they tied the knot!”
Grant added: “I think Kate will be a very good queen. She’s literally gone from a completely different background into this royal world. She’s taken it on and embraced it and made a good job of it.”
William and Kate celebrated their twelfth wedding anniversary this year. They are the proud parents to Prince George, ten, Princess Charlotte, eight, and five-year-old Prince Louis.
