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Carole Middleton is seen by many as the embodiment of home-counties contentment, but her brother seems to lack sympathy for commuters.
Gary Goldsmith says rail travellers moan about the latest inflation-busting fare rises, but benefit from lower house prices than in London.
“Funny that people bleat on about a three per cent rise in rail ticket pricing to get the benefit of getting more house for their pounds in the suburbs,” says the Duchess of Cambridge’s uncle.
Honest to God his views are not newsworthy.
The Duchess of Cambridge is recognised the world over for her beauty and it's easy to spot where she got those good looks - and great legs - from.
Her mother Carole Middleton showcased her own fashion credentials as she stepped out in a short coat and eye-catching patterned tights for a spot of shopping today at upmarket department store, Peter Jones in London.
The 58-year-old grandmother stopped traffic as she strolled down the Kings Road in Chelsea, while younger sister Pippa dressed down for her own shopping expedition just down the road.
actually the BRF do deals with car manufacturers - Audi cornered the market for William and Harry for years. Obviousyl the boys were cashing in on their royal connections
There is nothing news worthy about this and it is awful that they just can't go about their business.
A title would be inappropriate because hereditary titles are no longer given out to non-royals and for all their pomp, the Middletons are not actually royals themselves.
Mark Phillips turned down a title when he married Anne that is why Peter and Zara don't have titles. Diana's mother had the courtesy title of Honorable as a daughter of a baron. She was Vicountess Althrop during her marriage and after her divorce she was Hon. Frances, Vicountess Althrop. The Vicountess title was drop when she remarried.
Frances Shand Kydd would have become a Countess, had she not divorced. As hereditary titles typically descend through the male, what point would there be in giving her a title, since her son Charles was already destined to be an Earl in due course. More significant, probably, was that Diana's relationship w/ the Royal family and w/ her mother was volatile at best. If many biographers are to be believed the Royal family was displeased with Diana's family for failing to disclose her emotional 'problems' prior to the marriage. In any event, Diana's sister Jane became a Baroness when her husband was granted a life peerage in 1999.Even if they could get a title, where are the titles for Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips? Why was Diana's mother never given a peerage - she remained the Hon. Frances Shand Kydd, a commoner. Wouldn't the same logic have applied to her as the mother of the then future queen and grandmother of the future king?
It is the conundrum that has perplexed royal watchers ever since a 20-year-old Kate Middleton sashayed down the catwalk in her see-through dress and caught the eye of Prince William.
The tale of their up-and-down romance and glittering marriage are the stuff of fairy tales.
Yet there has always been one rather mysterious missing link in the story: just where did the money come from to pay for Kate’s private education and a life surrounded by the children of the rich?