If you don’t know who Kate Middleton is, then you certainly do not follow the day-to-day affairs of the British monarchy. Kate has had an ongoing relationship with Prince William for the last five years or so. Her parents own a very successful mail-order company called “Party Pieces.” It is successful, but not the kind of operation that would allow the lifestyle that the Middletons have achieved.
Kate has often been called a “commoner” by the British tabloids. As Americans, we can’t quite comprehend all the snobbery of the upper-crust Brits, but that’s beside the point. According to author, Claudia Joseph, the Middleton family is anything but common. Using a bit of genealogy sleuthing, Joseph has uncovered extensive genealogical information on the family – pointing to a a decent sum of “old money.”
Read the full article about the Middletons, by Claudia Joseph, in the March 21, 2009 edition of the Daily Mail.
Also note that Claudia Joseph has a book coming out on April 2, 2009, called: Kate: Kate Middleton – Princess In Waiting, to be published by Mainstream Publishing (www.mainstreampublishing.com) at £14.99.
