EXHIBIT 23.2

               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

We issued our report dated January 22, 2004, accompanying the consolidated
financial statements incorporated by reference in the Annual Report of Royal
Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc. and Subsidiaries on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2003. We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of
said report in the Company's Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File No.
333-25855).


/s/ Grant Thornton, LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 14, 2005