There’s an old European proverb that says “No man is a hero to his valet.” That’s what pops into one’s head when you consider a new book by King Charles’s longtime butler. With kind-yet-revealing accounts of the Royals during the turbulent years of 2004 to 2011, butler-turned-etiquette expert Grant Harrold's book is a must-read for Brit Royal Family buffs. Ahead of its pub date, the author talks about Kate Middleton and makes predictions on the future of the Charles-William-Harry rift.

Harrold, author of The Royal Butler: My Remarkable Life of Royal Service, recently told the Mirror. that he immediately approved of Kate Middleton, who he met when she began dating Prince William. “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,” Harrold said.

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