The daughter of Richard E. Grant has married 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, exchanged vows with Herbst on Monday during 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 celebrated the nuptials over a seafood dinner at Mayfair restaurant Scotts before spending the night at The Ritz.
Captioning the post, he wrote: ‘Our beloved daughter @OliviaGranted married Florian Herbst yesterday in a Civil Ceremony with only his parents & me, present. Wedding breakfast at Scott’s & a truly spectacular dinner & suite sleepover. Royally treated!!’
The celebration comes three years after Grant’s wife of 35-years and Olivia’s mother Joan Washington died following a battle with stage four breast cancer.
The daughter of Richard E. Grant married 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 she was diagnosed with the illness.
Grant confirmed his daughter’s engagement in October, with the actor sharing four images 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 bachelors degree in Land Economy, combining ‘law and economics with the environment, business, finance and resource management’.
Before moving to England, Herbst took a three-year bachelor of science degree in International Business at 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 before she died 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 huge diamond ring
Grant pictured with his late wife Joan, daughter Olivia and stepson Tom in October 2013
Speaking on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show with Helena Bonham Carter, he said: ‘She said to me four days before she died, she said to my daughter and I, “I know that you’re going to be sad but try and find a pocketful of happiness in each day”.
‘It’s been an amazing mantra to navigate the abyss of grief in the last 15 months and I’m grateful for that.’
Grant also told how he misses Joan more around the winter period during Christmas and their wedding anniversary in November.
Speaking in 2023, he told the Radio Times: ‘Our wedding anniversary is on 1 November; Joan’s birthday is on 21 December; there’s Christmas Day and then Olly’s [his nickname for his daughter Olivia] birthday is 4 January.
‘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.
‘This year I’m going with the two of them to the Caribbean, so that I’m not in London at Christmas.’
Dialect coach Joan tragically passed away aged 75, eight months after she was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer
In November, the actor paid tribute to Joan, who he married in 1986, on what would have been their 37th wedding anniversary
In November, the actor paid tribute to Joan, who he married in 1986, on what would have been their 37th wedding anniversary.
Captioning a montage of photos, he wrote: ‘Posthumous 37th Wedding Anniversary today. Am profoundly grateful for the decades long partnership I shared with the extraordinary love of my Life, Joan Washington.’
The actor had previously announced her in a tribute that included a video of the pair dancing to the song Only You by The Platters.
He wrote: ‘ONLY YOU! Joan – Love of my Life & Giver of Life to our daughter Olivia. Our hearts are broken with the loss of your Life last night. 35 years married & 38 together.
‘To be truly known and seen by you, is your immeasurable gift. Do not forget us, sweet Monkee-mine.’