Grant Harrold worked for the King for seven years (Image: GETTY)
Former royal butler Grant Harrold has revealed one thing that would "catch him off guard" about King Charles. Mr Harrold worked at the King's country home of Highgrove in Gloucestershire between 2004 and 2011.
Recalling when he was in the middle of serving dinner, the King would often speak to him about his family. Mr Harrold said: "I would hear ‘Oh and how are you today?’ and I’d ignored him [King Charles] because I thought he was talking to the guests.
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"Then he’d say my name and ask me again, and then he’d start saying ‘How’s your mum? How’s your papa? How’s your brother? How’s your home?"
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He then added: "If I was having something done, he’d always know and remember what was going on.
"He’d say ‘Did that thing get done in your house?’", before adding, "His kindness and compassion would catch me off guard every single time."
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Mr Harrold has previously described the King as "a very gentle character", adding that he was "very calm" and someone who "gets on with everyone".
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Speaking of his years working for him, he added that in seven years he "didn’t once raise his voice".
Grant Harrold has discussed on thing that 'caught him off guard' (Image: PR handout)
Discussing the King's wedding day to Queen Camilla, which took place back in 2005, Harrold recalled that it was the "happiest" he had ever seen him.
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According to the Telegraph, Harrold wrote in his memoir The Royal Butler: "At the end of the festivities, Charles and Camilla were catching a flight to head straight to Birkhall [on the Balmoral estate].
"We all went outside to wave them off and laughed as we saw William and Harry had decorated their car with ‘Just Married’. As they drove off through the arches to cheers, the boys raced after the car.”
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