Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor scandal: Butler makes bombshell claim about disgraced former prince’s arrest

A former royal butler has made a bombshell claim about the arrest of disgraced former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

Grant Harrold, who worked for King Charles, Queen Camilla and both Prince Harry and Prince William, spent years alongside the family, learning the intricacies of their inner-workings.

He came across Mr Mountbatten-Windsor several times during his role, and said behind his “polite” persona, there was a hidden “entitled feeling”.

But when asked what he made of the former prince’s arrest, Mr Harrold went against the common narrative that Charles was blindsided by police.

“I think the king knew what was coming,” Mr Harrold told LADbible Stories.

“I honestly, genuinely believe that the household, they’ve got the contacts, of course they have the contacts. They work with the government, they work with the police, I mean, the police protect them.

“So they’re gonna be aware 100 per cent of what’s coming, and definitely something had been obviously said for them to have made the drastic measures they took.”

This claim goes against the majority view that the royal family were not told Mr Mountbatten-Windsor would be arrested on February 19, though the move did come months after Charles stripped his brother of his princely title.

The ex-duke was taken into custody and questioned for 11 hours on the suspicion of misconduct in public office, related to allegations that while he was trade envoy he shared sensitive information with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The arrest coincided with Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s 66th birthday.

Mr Harrold went on to claim that Charles may have always had an “inkling” about Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s true nature.

“Maybe the king always had an inkling, who knows? Maybe he had a feeling,” he said.

He said Charles was not close with his brother.

“I don’t ever remember them being that close, I really don’t,” he said.

“But no, he didn’t have very much to do with him, other than obviously family get-togethers and occasions when they had to obviously all be together.”

Mr Harrold said that when he did have any dealings with the former prince, he was polite.

“You know, there would be a kind of thank you or whatever, but there was also this feeling of, as a lot of people describe – entitled. You got the feeling he thought he was better than everyone, just his mannerisms and his...the way he was.

“And what was weird for me was no other member of the family did you get that vibe from, not from the Queen, not from Prince Philip, not from his brother, Charles, not from Anne, none of them.”

But despite Mr Harrold not having witnessed any poor behaviour, he explained that there was something about the former prince that made him want to steer clear.

“But with him, he had this, I can’t even explain it to you. I just didn’t want to be in his presence. I mean, you know, luckily, I didn’t have to do much for him, and as I said, I didn’t have...”

Mr Harrold went on to share his recollection of Charles and Camilla’s wedding, where he said Mr Mountbatten-Windsor refused to speak to any of the staff members who were attending as guests.

“He would only speak to the family, or the family friends. It’s quite sad actually, because I don’t know why he was like that.”

He went on to say that none of his colleagues in the royal household had anything nice to say about the ex-duke.

“Put it this way, he wasn’t one of the most popular royals.”