A former Royal Family butler has declared the family are "just like any other", as the British monarchy has started the year with more turmoil.
This month, new legal documents were released to the public, naming Prince Andrew among over 150 others as associates of Jeffrey Epstein.
The Duke of York and the criminally convicted paedophile were known friends before his death in a New York prison cell in 2019.
Prince Andrew has always vehemently denied any allegations made against him, after settling an out of court agreement with Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre.
The Royal Family showed a united front at the Diplomatic Corps reception in late 2023
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As well as Prince Andrew's revelations, royal relations have been continuously rocked by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who departed from the Royal Family firm in 2020.
Since starting their new life in California, the couple have released several projects which took aim at the Duke of Sussex's family, including his memoir Spare and a fly on the wall Netflix documentary.
Speaking to GB News, former royal butler Grant Harrold claimed the royals are "just like any other family" who row and fall out.
Harrold added that the "trials and tribulations" the family have faced in recent years is "like all of us".
Harrold said of the Royal Family's relationship: "Under the reign of Queen Elizabeth, it was quite secure, it was solid.
"It was a united family and over the last couple of years it's literally kind of crumbled away."
He added: "They are just like all of us who go through different trials and tribulations within a family. But when it's the Royal Family, and there's a few people out there as we know that don't want a Royal Family, this just adds to their cause."
Harrold predicted that the future under King Charles' reign could see a "slimmed down monarchy", and that the King "wants to show a united front".
Former Royal Butler Grant Harrold says Prince Andrew has 'retired from public life'
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GB News host Mark Dolan quizzed Harrold on the future for Prince Andrew, having personally served the Duke in the past.
Harrold said Prince Andrew is the "closest you'll ever get to a member of the Royal Family retiring", and he has "very much retired from public from private duties".
He added: "His focus is his family, his ex-wife the Duchess of York, and his own children and grandchildren."
