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Richard E. Grant’s daughter has married his partner Florian Herbst in a civil ceremony, three years after the famous actor lost his wife to cancer.
Olivia Grant, a casting director whose credits include last year’s record-breaking film Barbie, said “I do” to Herbst on Monday in a ceremony attended only by her father and the groom’s parents.
Withnail & I star Grant, 67, confirmed the news on X, formerly Twitter, revealing they celebrated the nuptials with a fish dinner at Scott’s restaurant in Mayfair, before spending the night at The Ritz.
He captioned the post: ‘Our beloved daughter @OliviaGranted married Florian Herbst yesterday in a civil ceremony with just his parents and I in attendance. Wedding breakfast at Scott’s and a truly spectacular dinner and sleepover in the suite. Treated royally!!’
The celebration comes three years after Grant’s wife of 35 years and Olivia’s mother Joan Washington died from stage four breast cancer.
Dialect coach Joan tragically passed away at the age of 75, eight months after being diagnosed with the disease.
Grant confirmed his daughter’s engagement in October, with the actor sharing four photos of Olivia, Herbst and her massive diamond ring.
He wrote: ‘Our beloved daughter @oliviagranted got engaged to Florian Herbst this weekend. Bags full of happiness!!’
Herbst, an Austrian financier, trained at Cambridge and currently works as Head of Corporate Finance at Village Hotels.
He graduated from Cambridge in 2014 with a BA in Land Economy, which combines ‘law and economics with environment, business, finance and resource management’.
Before moving to England, Herbst completed a three-year Bachelor’s degree in International Business at WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business).
Grant previously revealed the “amazing mantra” he’s been living by since his late wife’s death.
The actor told how his wife gave him life lessons in the days before her death, which have since helped him cope with the “abyss of grief.”
In an interview with Helena Bonham Carter on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, he said: ‘Four days before she died, she said to me, to my daughter and me, “I know you’re going to be sad, but try to find a little bit of happiness in every day.”
“It’s been a wonderful mantra to navigate the abyss of grief these past 15 months and I’m grateful for that.”
Grant also said he misses Joan most during the winter period around Christmas and on their wedding day in November.
Speaking to the Radio Times in 2023, he said: ‘Our wedding anniversary is on November 1; Joan’s birthday is on December 21; then there’s Christmas 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 truly magical.
‘This year I’m going to the Caribbean with just the two of us so I don’t have to be in London for Christmas.’
In November, the actor paid tribute to Joan, whom he married in 1986, on their 37th wedding anniversary.
In a montage of photos, he wrote: ‘Posthumous 37th wedding anniversary today. I am deeply grateful for the decades of association I shared with the extraordinary love of my life, Joan Washington.’
The actor had previously announced her in a tribute, which also included a video of the couple dancing to The Platters’ song Only You.
He wrote: ‘ONLY YOU! Joan – Love of my Life & Giver of Life to our daughter Olivia. Our hearts are broken for the loss of your Life last night. 35 years of marriage & 38 together.
“To be truly known and seen by you is your immeasurable gift. Don’t forget us, dear Monkee-mine.”