Richard E. Grant’s daughter married her partner Florian Herbst in a civil ceremony, three years after the celebrated actor lost his wife to cancer.
Olivia Grant, a casting associate whose film credits include last year’s record-breaking Barbie movie, exchanged vows with Herbst on Monday during a ceremony attended only by her father and the groom’s parents.
Confirming the news on X, previously on Twitter, Withnail & I star Grant, 67, revealed they celebrated the nuptials with a seafood dinner at Mayfair restaurant Scotts before spending the night at The Ritz.
She captioned the post: ‘Our beloved daughter @OliviaGranted married Florian Herbst yesterday in a civil ceremony attended by only her parents and myself. The wedding breakfast was at Scott’s and there was a truly spectacular dinner and sleepover. We were treated like royalty!’
The celebration comes three years after Joan Washington, Grant’s wife of 35 years and mother of Olivia, died following a battle with stage four breast cancer.
Richard E. Grant’s daughter married her partner Florian Herbst in a civil ceremony on Monday, three years after the actor lost his wife to cancer.
Dialect coach Joan tragically passed away aged 75, eight months after being diagnosed with the disease.
Grant confirmed his daughter’s engagement in October, with the actor sharing four images of Olivia, Herbst, and her massive diamond ring.
She wrote: ‘Our beloved daughter @oliviagranted got engaged to Florian Herbst this weekend. Pockets are full of happiness!!!
Herbst, a Cambridge-educated Austrian financier, currently works as corporate finance director at Village Hotels.
She graduated from Cambridge in 2014 with a BA in Land Economics, combining “law and economics with environment, business, finance and resource management”.
Before moving to England, Herbst completed a three-year Bachelor of Science degree in International Business at the WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business).
Grant previously revealed the “amazing mantra” he has followed 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 has helped him deal with the “abyss of grief” ever since.
Grant confirmed his daughter’s engagement in October, with the actor sharing four images of Olivia, Herbst, and her massive diamond ring.
Grant pictured with his late wife Joan, daughter Olivia and stepson Tom in October 2013
Talking about The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show With Helena Bonham Carter, he said: ‘She told me four days before she died, she told my daughter and me: ‘I know you’re going to be sad, but try to find a little happiness in every day.’
‘It’s been an incredible mantra to navigate the abyss of grief over the past 15 months and I’m grateful for that.’
Grant also said he misses Joan most in the winter period, during Christmas and their wedding anniversary in November.
Speaking in 2023, he told the Radio times‘Our wedding anniversary is November 1st, Joan’s birthday is December 21st, there’s Christmas Day and then Olly’s birthday (her nickname for her daughter Olivia) is January 4th.
‘Last year, Olly and his partner Florian were so generous enough to invite me to Venice and then to visit their family in Southern Austria, which was absolutely magical.
‘This year I’m going to the Caribbean with both of them, so I don’t have to be in London at Christmas.’
Dialect coach Joan tragically passed away aged 75, eight months after being diagnosed with stage four breast cancer.
In November, the actor paid tribute to Joan, whom he married in 1986, on what would have been their 37th wedding anniversary.
In November, the actor paid tribute to Joan, whom he married in 1986, on what would have been their 37th wedding anniversary.
In the caption of a montage, he wrote: “Today marks my 37th posthumous wedding anniversary. I am deeply grateful for the decades-long relationship I shared with the extraordinary love of my life, Joan Washington.”
The actor had previously announced it in a tribute that included a video of the couple dancing to The Platters’ song Only You.
He wrote: ‘ONLY YOU! Joan, the love of my life and giver of life to our daughter Olivia. Our hearts are broken by the loss of your life last night. 35 years married and 38 together.
“To be truly known and seen is your immeasurable gift. Don’t forget us, sweet Monkee-mine.”