Grant Harold, an Airdrie-born royal butler who served King Charles and the royals for years has opened up about the family's estrangement, explaining that we have to accept the brutal truth of the situation. ‌

The Scot was one of King Charles' trusted butlers for seven years, which were spent mainly at Highgrove, and he is one of the few people in the world who knows what goes on behind the palace doors. ‌

He told The Mirror of Kate Middleton: “That girl was a Queen in waiting in every aspect. She is the perfect Queen material and you can so obviously see that. Everything about her - the way she carried herself, the way she spoke, the way she interacted with people, her kindness, her beauty - she was, if I can say, the modern day Princess Diana.” ‌

In his new book The Royal

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