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Officials from Buckingham Palace are reportedly banning a former butler of Prince Charles from using the word "royal" in his business ventures. The courtiers apparently mean business considering that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been told not to use "royal" when they stepped back from their public duties last March.
According to Daily Mail, Grant Harold, who used to work as Prince Charles' butler, has set up a Royal School of Butlers and a Royal School of Etiquette. However, Buckingham Palace is strongly objecting to his choice name in what Harold's friends call as a David Vs. Goliath battle.
The friend told the news outlet that Harold had the right to use the word because he was actually a royal butler. The friend also objected to the palace ban since that would mean Buckingham Palace should also ban pubs or sports teams from using the word.
A palace source, however, told Daily Mail that the ban was necessary to protect the royal brand. It would also not be right to disallow the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to use the world royal for their Sussex Royal Foundation but then permit this for an ex-staff.
According to Buckingham Palace, Harold tried to trademark "royal butler," which apparently crossed the line. This July, the Lord Chamberlain's office filed an objection with the Intellectual Property Office.
Harold worked for Prince Charles for seven years and left in 2011. He also worked for Queen Elizabeth and the Duchess of Cambridge.
Meanwhile, Buckingham Palace will not be expecting Queen Elizabeth's return anytime soon. Her Majesty, who has been isolating in Windsor Castle since the middle of March, is reportedly not keen on going back to her official residence this year.
According to Daily Express, Queen Elizabeth is set to move to Balmoral in Scotland by August and will be staying there until October. After this, it is likely that the Queen will opt to live in Sandringham for the remainder of the year.
Buckingham Palace shut down because of the coronavirus. The Queen's official residence is also a heavily-visited tourist spot but it has been decided to close visits this year for the sake of the health and wellbeing of the staff.
In March, there were reports that a member of the Queen's staff from Buckingham Palace tested positive for COVID-19. Fortunately, Queen Elizabeth left for Windsor by then and the employee with infection has also gone into isolation.
