It enabled them to put Kate, her sister Pippa and brother James through Marlborough.īut Carole was branded pushy and "Meddling Middleton" for relentlessly grooming her daughter to be a future royal bride. The Queen is also said to have disliked her habit of chewing gum, which she did at William's passing-out parade at Sandhurst in December.Ĭarole and Michael became millionaires through their company Party Pieces, a mail-order firm for kids' costumes. "But let's just say there was a feeling that Mrs Middleton was not right or acceptable."Ĭarole raised eyebrows when, on first meeting the monarch, she greeted her with "Pleased to meet you" instead of "Hello Ma'am". "The Queen was fond of Kate and liked her father. He liked flopping down on the sofas of their Berkshire home, enjoying the normality of that. The down-to-earth Prince, 24, enjoyed relaxing informally with her at her family's #1million five-bedroom house near Newbury, Berks, where Carole lives with former pilot husband Michael, 57.īut he could not get away from the fact his future mother-in-law was looked down upon in senior royal circles.Īnother Palace source revealed: "William got on well with Carole. Pals say she felt increasingly isolated and abandoned at realising she would never be accepted by William's aristo circle, which includes well-heeled chums such as Guy Pelly and William van Cutsem. Kate, 25 - educated at elite Marlborough College - bravely tried to laugh off the jibes but they eventually drove a wedge between the couple. She uses words such as 'Pleased to meet you', 'toilet' and 'pardon'. One royal insider sneered: "She is pushy, rather twee and incredibly middle-class. SNOBBY jibes by Palace officials and William's snooty pals about Kate Middleton's mum helped sink her relationship with him.Ĭarole Middleton, 52, was an air stewardess before becoming a self-made millionaire.īut William's upper-crust friends would ridicule Carole's former career by sneeringly whispering "doors to manual" when Kate was out of earshot.Īnd courtiers claimed the brunette was unsuitable for William as her mum did not speak in a posh enough way.
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