Once upon a time, Prince Harry and Kate Middleton were so close that a royal butler thought they might end up together. (AP)
A new report suggests that Prince Harry and Kate Middleton were so close that could’ve dated after her split with Prince William in 2007. An ex-royal butler puts forth his point of view amid continuing royal rift.
In a different reality, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle didn’t end up together, and a potential love triangle could’ve cooked up between the Duke of Sussex and his elder brother, Prince William. It all may seem like fan-fiction drawing from The Summer I Turned Pretty‘s whole Conrad-Belly-Jeremiah chaos. However, a former royal butler seems to believe otherwise.
Kate Middleton and Prince Harry now only appear to occupy contrasting headlines hinging on the royal feud that particularly took shape in 2020 when the duke and his wife, Meghan Markle, self-exiled to the United States, renouncing their royal positions. But Grant Harrold, who used to be a butler to King Charles III at one point, suggested that things weren’t always that icy-cold between the Princess of Wales and the Duke of Sussex.
Ex-royal butler says Prince Harry, Kate Middleton could’ve dated
In anticipation of his new book The Royal Butler’s arrival on Tuesday, September 23, Harrold came out for an interview with Us Weekly, spilling how Harry and Kate once “got on so well” that their friendship had him thinking of an elseworld-reality.
Thinking back to the time of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s infamous break-up in 2007, the royal butler once thought “maybe Harry and her would get together. The Prince of Wales and Kate’s separation at the time was only short-lived, as they reconciled in 2008, two years prior to announcing their engagement. Contentious headlines and reports even speculated the then-future couple of going separate ways in 2007 as a possible PR stunt.
The Royal Butler author, on the other hand, had different thoughts on the matter altogether. As per his account, Prince Harry and Middleton were not only close, “they were best friends.” Their proximity had Harrold exclaiming, “I wouldn’t have put it past Harry thinking, ‘Well, she’s a pretty girl, My brother didn’t want her. I’ll have her.’ That wouldn’t have surprised me at all.”
He went on to claim, “It could have been Harry and Catherine easily, I would have thought. But, you know, thankfully [William] got her back.” Grant Harrold reiterated that his beliefs were founded on what he saw in front of him. “What I’m trying to say is, that is how close they are,” he added.
