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Grant William Veitch Harrold (born 26 April 1978) is a British former butler to King Charles III (when he was Prince of Wales), now a British etiquette expert, and broadcaster. Career [ edit ]
British butlers, domestic workers in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry. Some also have charge of the entire parlour floor, and housekeepers caring for the entire house and its appearance.
In 2003, Burrell released a memoir, A Royal Duty, which follows his career as a member of the Royal staff.It deals with his time as butler to the Prince and Princess of Wales at Highgrove House in Gloucestershire, his move to Diana's staff at Kensington Palace after her divorce from Prince Charles, and the dismissal of the theft charges against Burrell. [4]
Dish-bearers (often called seneschals by historians) and butlers (or cup-bearers) were thegns who acted as personal attendants of kings in Anglo-Saxon England. Royal feasts played an important role in consolidating community and hierarchy among the elite, and dish-bearers and butlers served the food and drinks at these meals.
A butler in the White House Butler's Pantry.. A butler is a person who works in a house serving and is a domestic worker in a large household.In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry.
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Wil Haygood (1954– ), Pulitzer-nominated, award-winning journalist Washington Post; wrote the article that inspired the movie The Butler; Charles F. Hockett (1916–2000), American linguist; born in Columbus; Terry Murphy, television journalist, Chicago and Los Angeles news anchor, host of shows Hard Copy and Extra; born in Columbus
On 24 March 2024, Whitbread announced it has drafted in advisors Christie & Co to sell between 30 and 50 of its poorest-performing Beefeater and Brewers Fayre outlets to market rivals, such as Mitchells and Butlers and Greene King, most of which were situated next-door to Premier Inn hotels. Sources added a further 100 of these pubs and ...