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While discretion is an essential quality for employees of the Royal Family, it would no doubt be tempting to tell the world that your services have the royal seal of approval. Such was the case for Prince Charles’s former butler, with the Queen having just won a legal battle to prevent him from citing his royal connections in his new career venture.
According to the MailOnline, Grant Harrold was seeking to trademark the name ‘The Royal Butler’ for his etiquette training firm. Lawyers working on behalf of the Queen, however, took action to prevent Harrold from launching his business under the title.
Lanarkshire-born Harrold was raised on a council estate, before going to work for the 13th Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey in the 1990s. He was then headhunted for a butler role at Prince Charles’s Gloucestershire estate, Highgrove. He reportedly worked for Prince Charles between 2005 and 2011 and was previously involved in a dispute with the Royal Household after claiming he was forced out of his job in 2012, before reaching an out-of-court settlement. He has since made appearances on TV shows such as This Morning and Good Morning Britain, acting as an expert on matters of etiquette.
Harrold stated in a witness statement submitted to the hearing that he had been given permission to use the name at the resolution of the employment dispute. He stated: ‘Having agreed the main issues between the parties, one of the further issues that I raised towards the end of the day was the continued use of the name “The Royal Butler”.
‘I asked Judge [M] to take this issue to the Royal Household and their advisors, which she did. I was concerned that they might try to prevent me from continuing to use it. They had the opportunity to object to my continued use and they did not – they confirmed through judge [M] that they did not have any issue with this.’
More at. https://www.tatler.com/article/queen-wins-legal-battle-the-royal-butler-trademark-application
