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Richard E. Grant’s daughter married partner Florian Herbst in a civil ceremony, three years after the famous actor lost his wife to cancer.
Olivia Grant, a casting associate whose credits include last year’s record-breaking Barbie, exchanged vows with Herbst on Monday in a ceremony attended only by her father and the groom’s parents.
Confirming the news on X, formerly Twitter, Withnail & I star Grant, 67, revealed they had celebrated their nuptials with a seafood dinner at Mayfair restaurant Scott’s before spending the night at The Ritz.
He captioned the post: “Our beloved daughter @OliviaGranted married Florian Herbst yesterday in a civil ceremony with only his parents and me present. Wedding breakfast at Scott’s and a truly spectacular dinner and overnight stay in the suite. Treated Royally!!’
The celebration comes three years after Grant’s wife of 35 years and Olivia’s mother Joan Washington died after a battle with stage four breast cancer.
Dialect trainer Joan has tragically died aged 75, eight months after being diagnosed with the disease.
Grant confirmed his daughter’s engagement in October, with the actor sharing four snaps of Olivia, Herbst and her huge diamond ring.
He wrote: ‘Our beloved daughter @oliviagranted got engaged to Florian Herbst this weekend. Pockets full of happiness!!’
Cambridge-educated Herbst, an Austrian financier, currently works as head of corporate finance at Village Hotels.
He graduated from Cambridge in 2014 with a BA in Land Economics, which combines “law and economics with the environment, business, finance and resource management”.
Before moving to England, Herbst completed a three-year bachelor’s degree in international business at the WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business).
Grant previously revealed the ‘amazing mantra’ he has lived by since the death of his late wife.
The actor told how his wife gave him words to live by in the days leading up to her death, which have since helped him deal with the ‘chasm of grief’.
Speaking on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show with Helena Bonham, Carter said: “She said to me four days before she died, she said to my daughter and me, ‘I know you’re going to be sad, but try to find a pocket of happiness in every day.’
“It’s been an amazing mantra to navigate through the abyss of grief these past 15 months and I’m grateful for that.”
Grant also said how he misses Joan more in the winter time around Christmas and their wedding anniversary in November.
Speaking in 2023, he told the Radio Times: “Our wedding anniversary is November 1; Joan’s birthday is December 21; it’s Christmas Day and then Olly’s [his nickname for his daughter Olivia] birthday is January 4th.
“Last year Olly and her partner Florian very generously invited me to Venice and then to visit his family in the south of Austria, which was absolutely magical.
“I’m going to the Caribbean with the two of them this year so I won’t be in London at Christmas.
In November, the actor paid tribute to Joan, who he married in 1986, on their 37th wedding anniversary.
Captioning the photo montage, he wrote: “Today we celebrate our posthumous 37th wedding anniversary. I am deeply grateful for the decades-long partnership I shared with the extraordinary love of my life, Joan Washington.”
The actor previously announced her in a tribute that included a video of the pair dancing to The Platters’ Only You.
He wrote: ‘JUST YOU! Joan – Love of my life and Giver of life to our daughter Olivia. Our hearts are broken by the loss of your life last night. Married for 35 years and together for 38.
“To be truly known and seen by you is your immeasurable gift. Don’t forget us, dear Monkee-mine.’