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I fear the Middletons are milking the moment
By SANDRA PARSONS
Last updated at 11:18 AM on 16th March 2011
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Apart from a photocall after the royal engagement was announced, and an unfortunate shot of Mrs Middleton lying prone in the grass at Balmoral while being taught to stalk deer, we haven't seen or heard much of Kate's parents.
If anything, they've kept a commendably low profile. I'd have said most of us felt well-disposed towards them, especially given the appalling snobbery directed at Carole Middleton, whose early career as an air stewardess prompted some of William's hooray friends to nickname her 'Doors to Manual'.
Inappropriate? We have seen little of Kate Middleton's parents, Michael and Carole, until now
They seem a close, stable family, who, despite their wealth and the fact their future son-in-law will one day be King, appear to retain a reassuring middle-class normality.
It was endearing to learn that the jacket Carole wore for the engagement photocall was from Jaeger, bought specially for the occasion. And what woman didn't warm to her when she let slip she'd been on the Dukan diet?
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So it would be good to think that yesterday's news that they have launched scratch cards with a royal theme on their party goods website is, to say the least, an unfortunate lapse.
After all, in an era when even the most ordinary MP must declare any whiff of a conflict of interest, it seems obvious that using your daughter's royal wedding to further your own business is an uncomfortably mercenary act.
Wealth of choice: The Britannia scratchcard is not the only royal wedding product the Middleton's have on offer
Yesterday, I went on to their Party Pieces website to have a closer look at the scratch cards. I typed 'royal wedding' into the search facility and up popped an entire menu of offerings, from 'royal wedding Kate' — which throws up 24 products — to 'royal wedding party products', which brings up a jaw-dropping 1,883 items, an endless array stretching from drink stirrers to invitation holders to cake boxes.
This seems rather more than a lapse. On the contrary, it appears to be a determined and deliberate attempt at making money out of their daughter's wedding — an unpleasant enough notion at the best of times, but particularly unsettling when that daughter is one day going to be Queen.
Restraint: There are lots of company's offering royal wedding merchandise without the need for the Middleton's company
But then money is the real puzzle about the wholesome Middletons. They seem to have eye-wateringly large amounts of it — enough to have paid for a million-pound family home, acres of land, a flat in Chelsea and a public school education for their three children — for reasons that aren't entirely clear.
Their company accounts are hidden, but those of their major competitor, which are available, suggest it's unlikely the firm would yield sufficient profits to fund their multi-million-pound lifestyle.
And while Kate's paternal grandfather inherited some money in 1951, it appears to have been a little less than £5,000 — a sizeable amount in those days, but not enough to account for his son's great wealth now.
Business: From the moment Prince William and Kate announced their engagement, the Middleton's profits should have taken a back seat
It may simply be, of course, that like many wealthy people they've got rich precisely because they refuse to pass up any money-making opportunity that comes their way.
You don't run a successful business by being soft or resisting a lucrative-sounding venture.
Yet how much better it would have been if they'd announced that, from the engagement until after the marriage, they would be putting the side of their business that deals with weddings to one side. By doing so they would have earned enormous respect.
After all, their business can hardly be in need of a boost: you can't buy the amount of publicity they've had for their firm, which has been mentioned in countless newspaper and magazine articles.
The British dislike being taken for a ride and my bet is that the Middletons have made a bad mistake.
It will be interesting to see what, if anything, they decide to do about it. I wouldn't hold my breath. My guess is that their attitude is: business is business. And we'll exploit our daughter's good fortune as much as we like.
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Last updated at 11:18 AM on 16th March 2011
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Apart from a photocall after the royal engagement was announced, and an unfortunate shot of Mrs Middleton lying prone in the grass at Balmoral while being taught to stalk deer, we haven't seen or heard much of Kate's parents.
If anything, they've kept a commendably low profile. I'd have said most of us felt well-disposed towards them, especially given the appalling snobbery directed at Carole Middleton, whose early career as an air stewardess prompted some of William's hooray friends to nickname her 'Doors to Manual'.
Inappropriate? We have seen little of Kate Middleton's parents, Michael and Carole, until now
They seem a close, stable family, who, despite their wealth and the fact their future son-in-law will one day be King, appear to retain a reassuring middle-class normality.
It was endearing to learn that the jacket Carole wore for the engagement photocall was from Jaeger, bought specially for the occasion. And what woman didn't warm to her when she let slip she'd been on the Dukan diet?
More...
Details of hymns for the royal wedding revealed as Kate Middleton's piano teacher writes a song for the couple
Peaches Geldof 'strenuously denies' shoplifting allegations as yet another dress goes missing
So it would be good to think that yesterday's news that they have launched scratch cards with a royal theme on their party goods website is, to say the least, an unfortunate lapse.
After all, in an era when even the most ordinary MP must declare any whiff of a conflict of interest, it seems obvious that using your daughter's royal wedding to further your own business is an uncomfortably mercenary act.
Wealth of choice: The Britannia scratchcard is not the only royal wedding product the Middleton's have on offer
Yesterday, I went on to their Party Pieces website to have a closer look at the scratch cards. I typed 'royal wedding' into the search facility and up popped an entire menu of offerings, from 'royal wedding Kate' — which throws up 24 products — to 'royal wedding party products', which brings up a jaw-dropping 1,883 items, an endless array stretching from drink stirrers to invitation holders to cake boxes.
This seems rather more than a lapse. On the contrary, it appears to be a determined and deliberate attempt at making money out of their daughter's wedding — an unpleasant enough notion at the best of times, but particularly unsettling when that daughter is one day going to be Queen.
Restraint: There are lots of company's offering royal wedding merchandise without the need for the Middleton's company
But then money is the real puzzle about the wholesome Middletons. They seem to have eye-wateringly large amounts of it — enough to have paid for a million-pound family home, acres of land, a flat in Chelsea and a public school education for their three children — for reasons that aren't entirely clear.
Their company accounts are hidden, but those of their major competitor, which are available, suggest it's unlikely the firm would yield sufficient profits to fund their multi-million-pound lifestyle.
And while Kate's paternal grandfather inherited some money in 1951, it appears to have been a little less than £5,000 — a sizeable amount in those days, but not enough to account for his son's great wealth now.
Business: From the moment Prince William and Kate announced their engagement, the Middleton's profits should have taken a back seat
It may simply be, of course, that like many wealthy people they've got rich precisely because they refuse to pass up any money-making opportunity that comes their way.
You don't run a successful business by being soft or resisting a lucrative-sounding venture.
Yet how much better it would have been if they'd announced that, from the engagement until after the marriage, they would be putting the side of their business that deals with weddings to one side. By doing so they would have earned enormous respect.
After all, their business can hardly be in need of a boost: you can't buy the amount of publicity they've had for their firm, which has been mentioned in countless newspaper and magazine articles.
The British dislike being taken for a ride and my bet is that the Middletons have made a bad mistake.
It will be interesting to see what, if anything, they decide to do about it. I wouldn't hold my breath. My guess is that their attitude is: business is business. And we'll exploit our daughter's good fortune as much as we like.
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Details of hymns for the royal wedding revealed as Kate Middleton's piano teacher writes a song for the couple
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Last updated at 6:31 PM on 15th March 2011
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There will be no mumbling through little-known songs on Prince William and Kate Middleton's big day.
St James' Palace has revealed that the couple have chosen well-known hymns and choral works for their forthcoming wedding and that the Abbey's choir and the Chapel Royal Choir will perform singing duties.
The London Chamber Orchestra and the Fanfare Team from the Central Band of the Royal Air Force will also take part - possibly performing the new pieces of music that have been commissioned especially for the nuptials.
Musical arrangements: Westminster Abbey's choir will sing the well-known hymns chosen by Kate and William
St James' Palace's statement read: 'Both Prince William and Miss Middleton have taken a great deal of interest and care in choosing the music for their service, which will include a number of well-known hymns and choral works as well as some specially commissioned pieces.'
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, the Queen's composer, has been asked to write one of the new pieces and said it would have a 'Scottish feel'.
Speaking a few weeks after the engagement announcement last November, the composer told The Telegraph: 'I think wedding music should reflect what matters to the couple and in William and Catherine's case, Scotland is very much part of their love story.
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'It is where it began and blossomed, after all.'
Another piece composed for the couple has come from a more unlikely source.
The man who taught Kate Middleton, and her mother and siblings, how to play the piano has also written and recorded a song for the pair.
On song: Kate Middleton's former piano teacher Daniel Nicholls recorded a tune for the Royal Wedding on April 29
Daniel Nicholls, 47, taught Miss Middleton to play the piano, along with her mother Carole, sister Pippa, and brother James.
The pianist, who lives just a stone's throw from the Middleton family home in Bucklebury, Berkshire, has now recorded 'A Song for Kate (and William)'.
He sent the recording to the couple as a unique wedding gift.
He said: 'Kate came for lessons when she was about 10 or 11, until she was 13, about 1993 to 95.
'She was absolutely lovely, a really delightful person to teach the piano.
Royal tune: The sheet music for 'A Song for Kate (And William)'
'I actually taught the whole family except Mike - Carole, Pippa and James, and again they were just absolutely lovely people, normal piano pupils.'
Mr Nicholls said she reached the dizzy heights of Grade 3 - the highest is 8, adding: 'I don't think anyone would say she was going to be a concert pianist, but she was good at it, she always did everything she was told.'
The father-of-three teaches music with wife Sandra at their home just next to the Bladebone pub, only minutes from the Middletons' home.
He said he decided to compose a song for the Royal couple as a gift after his wife suggested it on the day the engagement was announced.
The composition uses words from the poem How Do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, with another section from O' Lyric Love by Robert Browning, her husband.
'I've called it A Song for Kate (And William), I thought I'd best include him too,' Mr Nicholls said.
'I came up with the idea that it would be a duet, so part of it being sung as if by William and the other part by Kate.
'The first part, William, is in E flat major, majestic and very self assured.
'The other is in a completely different key reflecting their different social standings and it's all rather breathy.
'It transpired that William's theme has become the chorus, then it all comes together.
'It ends in a key that's right in between the two, and the end is sort of left in the air to signify that this is the start of their relationship, not the end.'
Present: Kate achieved grade three on the piano after being taught by Mr Nicholls. She has been sent his song for her wedding with Prince William
Mr Nicholls said he wrote the song fairly quickly once he started.
Since writing it, his choir, which meet once a week at his house, has learnt and performed the song as well as recording it as a gift for the couple.
'We gave a debut performance at a concert to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support in Newbury on Saturday,' he said.
'It was really well received and the choir enjoyed learning it.
'We've recorded it and taken a copy over to the Middletons' home so hopefully they'll get a chance to listen to it.'
Mr Nicholls was not lucky enough to get an invite to the big day, but said he will be busy on April 29 hosting TV crews keen to interview him.
He will then join celebrations at an 'extravaganza' at Bucklebury Farm Park, where he is organising a Last Night of the Proms-style concert.
He said the whole parish was excited about the wedding: 'It's very exciting, very exciting for Bucklebury of course.
'I think it's very exciting for the whole country. What's most exciting is that a normal person can become a princess, I think that's a wonderful thing, and it's amazing that we have one as a neighbour.'
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Last updated at 6:31 PM on 15th March 2011
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There will be no mumbling through little-known songs on Prince William and Kate Middleton's big day.
St James' Palace has revealed that the couple have chosen well-known hymns and choral works for their forthcoming wedding and that the Abbey's choir and the Chapel Royal Choir will perform singing duties.
The London Chamber Orchestra and the Fanfare Team from the Central Band of the Royal Air Force will also take part - possibly performing the new pieces of music that have been commissioned especially for the nuptials.
Musical arrangements: Westminster Abbey's choir will sing the well-known hymns chosen by Kate and William
St James' Palace's statement read: 'Both Prince William and Miss Middleton have taken a great deal of interest and care in choosing the music for their service, which will include a number of well-known hymns and choral works as well as some specially commissioned pieces.'
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, the Queen's composer, has been asked to write one of the new pieces and said it would have a 'Scottish feel'.
Speaking a few weeks after the engagement announcement last November, the composer told The Telegraph: 'I think wedding music should reflect what matters to the couple and in William and Catherine's case, Scotland is very much part of their love story.
More...
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'It is where it began and blossomed, after all.'
Another piece composed for the couple has come from a more unlikely source.
The man who taught Kate Middleton, and her mother and siblings, how to play the piano has also written and recorded a song for the pair.
On song: Kate Middleton's former piano teacher Daniel Nicholls recorded a tune for the Royal Wedding on April 29
Daniel Nicholls, 47, taught Miss Middleton to play the piano, along with her mother Carole, sister Pippa, and brother James.
The pianist, who lives just a stone's throw from the Middleton family home in Bucklebury, Berkshire, has now recorded 'A Song for Kate (and William)'.
He sent the recording to the couple as a unique wedding gift.
He said: 'Kate came for lessons when she was about 10 or 11, until she was 13, about 1993 to 95.
'She was absolutely lovely, a really delightful person to teach the piano.
Royal tune: The sheet music for 'A Song for Kate (And William)'
'I actually taught the whole family except Mike - Carole, Pippa and James, and again they were just absolutely lovely people, normal piano pupils.'
Mr Nicholls said she reached the dizzy heights of Grade 3 - the highest is 8, adding: 'I don't think anyone would say she was going to be a concert pianist, but she was good at it, she always did everything she was told.'
The father-of-three teaches music with wife Sandra at their home just next to the Bladebone pub, only minutes from the Middletons' home.
He said he decided to compose a song for the Royal couple as a gift after his wife suggested it on the day the engagement was announced.
The composition uses words from the poem How Do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, with another section from O' Lyric Love by Robert Browning, her husband.
'I've called it A Song for Kate (And William), I thought I'd best include him too,' Mr Nicholls said.
'I came up with the idea that it would be a duet, so part of it being sung as if by William and the other part by Kate.
'The first part, William, is in E flat major, majestic and very self assured.
'The other is in a completely different key reflecting their different social standings and it's all rather breathy.
'It transpired that William's theme has become the chorus, then it all comes together.
'It ends in a key that's right in between the two, and the end is sort of left in the air to signify that this is the start of their relationship, not the end.'
Present: Kate achieved grade three on the piano after being taught by Mr Nicholls. She has been sent his song for her wedding with Prince William
Mr Nicholls said he wrote the song fairly quickly once he started.
Since writing it, his choir, which meet once a week at his house, has learnt and performed the song as well as recording it as a gift for the couple.
'We gave a debut performance at a concert to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support in Newbury on Saturday,' he said.
'It was really well received and the choir enjoyed learning it.
'We've recorded it and taken a copy over to the Middletons' home so hopefully they'll get a chance to listen to it.'
Mr Nicholls was not lucky enough to get an invite to the big day, but said he will be busy on April 29 hosting TV crews keen to interview him.
He will then join celebrations at an 'extravaganza' at Bucklebury Farm Park, where he is organising a Last Night of the Proms-style concert.
He said the whole parish was excited about the wedding: 'It's very exciting, very exciting for Bucklebury of course.
'I think it's very exciting for the whole country. What's most exciting is that a normal person can become a princess, I think that's a wonderful thing, and it's amazing that we have one as a neighbour.'
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Kate Middleton's Night at the Ballet
Princess-to-be Seen Out with Charles and Camilla
Posted by COURTNEY CHAPMAN| March 16, 2011, 11:23:34 AM EDT | 1 comment
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It was a royal date for Kate Middleton in London last night. But Prince William was not on her arm – instead the future princess hit the town with her future in-laws, Prince Charles and Camilla.
The trio attended the final performance of the Royal Ballet's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" at London's Royal Opera House. Although they were seated in the royal box, Kate sitting between Charles and his wife, the VIPs were able to remain unnoticed for much of the evening.
"It was only when the cast, which is vast, turned to their left to curtsy to them, that most of us realized she was there," one of the ballet's attendees told People magazine. "Kate was smiling broadly as she joined in the applause."
Kate was last seen out in public with Camilla a month ago on a lunch date at Koffman's restaurant at London's Berkeley Hotel. The two were joined by Kate's younger sister, Pippa, and Camilla's daughter, Laura Lopes.
Prince William did not join his fiance and parents at the ballet because he was flying halfway around the world. The prince is starting a five-day tour of New Zealand and Australia, visiting areas hit hard by the recent natural disasters.
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Princess-to-be Seen Out with Charles and Camilla
Posted by COURTNEY CHAPMAN| March 16, 2011, 11:23:34 AM EDT | 1 comment
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It was a royal date for Kate Middleton in London last night. But Prince William was not on her arm – instead the future princess hit the town with her future in-laws, Prince Charles and Camilla.
The trio attended the final performance of the Royal Ballet's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" at London's Royal Opera House. Although they were seated in the royal box, Kate sitting between Charles and his wife, the VIPs were able to remain unnoticed for much of the evening.
"It was only when the cast, which is vast, turned to their left to curtsy to them, that most of us realized she was there," one of the ballet's attendees told People magazine. "Kate was smiling broadly as she joined in the applause."
Kate was last seen out in public with Camilla a month ago on a lunch date at Koffman's restaurant at London's Berkeley Hotel. The two were joined by Kate's younger sister, Pippa, and Camilla's daughter, Laura Lopes.
Prince William did not join his fiance and parents at the ballet because he was flying halfway around the world. The prince is starting a five-day tour of New Zealand and Australia, visiting areas hit hard by the recent natural disasters.
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They are supposed to come to Canada after their wedding. I'd love it if Prince Harry were to come Canada.
I was in Le Chateau yesterday and they have knock offs of the royal engagement ring, I've also seen knock offs of it in an Avon catalogue.
I was in Le Chateau yesterday and they have knock offs of the royal engagement ring, I've also seen knock offs of it in an Avon catalogue.
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Oh right. So the Middleton's can sell patriotic wedding paraphernalia and make a boat load of money from their business but it's NOT ok for anyone else too?! Sounds like someone is getting a big head. It's a celebration anyway, why not let them have a little fun.
Kate Middleton's mother 'up in arms' over £15-a-head bash at village local pub
By LARA GOULD
Last updated at 11:52 PM on 19th March 2011
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Normally it’s the bride battling pre-wedding nerves.
But with six weeks to go, it seems the pressure is now getting to Kate Middleton’s normally composed mother Carole.
She has confronted the landlord of a local pub over fears he is turning the wedding into a circus by holding a £15-a-head party on the day of the event which includes a ‘best prince and princess’ competition.
Anger: Kate Middleton's mother Carole, seen here with husband Michael, is said to be 'up in arms' over a royal wedding party in her village
John Haley – who runs The Old Boot Inn in Stanford Dingley, Berkshire - is one
of several locals invited to next month’s ceremony.
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But former air-hostess Mrs Middleton has visited him personally to confront him over claims he has been talking publicly about his wedding invitation.
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Publicity: A posted advertising the wedding party at The Old Boot
Other locals say Mrs Middleton, 56, is also angry about A4 posters in neighbouring villages trying to drum up interest in the pub’s wedding party.
The brightly coloured posters, which feature pictures of the Royal couple, offer locals
the chance to celebrate with a ‘super BBQ, salads, live music and a disco from 6pm ’til late’.
Other highlights are a Royal Wedding-themed fancy dress competition for adults and children including the prizes for ‘best prince and best princess, best wedding hat and best Royal collage’.
A sticker placed across the adverts claims spaces for the 200-capacity ticket-only event have already sold out.
One local said: ‘Carole had a pretty fiery conversation with John and also fell out
with another friend who tried to stick up for him.
‘She is up in arms about the party at The Boot.’
The resident added: ‘I think part of the problem was they put all these posters up around the village which drew attention to it. Not just here but in neighbouring villages
as well.
‘They had pictures of William and Catherine and they have these stickers on them saying Sold Out.
Getting ready: The royal wedding on April 29th will be celebrated with parties and events throughout the world
‘I think if they had been a bit more discreet and maybe knocked on a few doors near the pub and said, “We’re having this party, would you like to come?” it wouldn’t have been so bad.’
Mr Haley refused to comment on whether The Old Boot party had the support of the Royal bride’s family.
But he insisted he was not profiting from the event, which has been organised by the Stanford Dingley activities committee.
The 55-year-old said: ‘There is a party and it is being hosted in my pub but I am not making a penny out of it.’
The Middletons live in a five-bedroom detached house in Bucklebury - a five-minute drive from Mr Haley’s pub.
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Kate Middleton's mother 'up in arms' over £15-a-head bash at village local pub
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Normally it’s the bride battling pre-wedding nerves.
But with six weeks to go, it seems the pressure is now getting to Kate Middleton’s normally composed mother Carole.
She has confronted the landlord of a local pub over fears he is turning the wedding into a circus by holding a £15-a-head party on the day of the event which includes a ‘best prince and princess’ competition.
Anger: Kate Middleton's mother Carole, seen here with husband Michael, is said to be 'up in arms' over a royal wedding party in her village
John Haley – who runs The Old Boot Inn in Stanford Dingley, Berkshire - is one
of several locals invited to next month’s ceremony.
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Young and posh Sloanes to drown their sorrows over Royal Wedding snub at their own 'Not Invited' party
But former air-hostess Mrs Middleton has visited him personally to confront him over claims he has been talking publicly about his wedding invitation.
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Publicity: A posted advertising the wedding party at The Old Boot
Other locals say Mrs Middleton, 56, is also angry about A4 posters in neighbouring villages trying to drum up interest in the pub’s wedding party.
The brightly coloured posters, which feature pictures of the Royal couple, offer locals
the chance to celebrate with a ‘super BBQ, salads, live music and a disco from 6pm ’til late’.
Other highlights are a Royal Wedding-themed fancy dress competition for adults and children including the prizes for ‘best prince and best princess, best wedding hat and best Royal collage’.
A sticker placed across the adverts claims spaces for the 200-capacity ticket-only event have already sold out.
One local said: ‘Carole had a pretty fiery conversation with John and also fell out
with another friend who tried to stick up for him.
‘She is up in arms about the party at The Boot.’
The resident added: ‘I think part of the problem was they put all these posters up around the village which drew attention to it. Not just here but in neighbouring villages
as well.
‘They had pictures of William and Catherine and they have these stickers on them saying Sold Out.
Getting ready: The royal wedding on April 29th will be celebrated with parties and events throughout the world
‘I think if they had been a bit more discreet and maybe knocked on a few doors near the pub and said, “We’re having this party, would you like to come?” it wouldn’t have been so bad.’
Mr Haley refused to comment on whether The Old Boot party had the support of the Royal bride’s family.
But he insisted he was not profiting from the event, which has been organised by the Stanford Dingley activities committee.
The 55-year-old said: ‘There is a party and it is being hosted in my pub but I am not making a penny out of it.’
The Middletons live in a five-bedroom detached house in Bucklebury - a five-minute drive from Mr Haley’s pub.
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Getting out of tickets already eh.....
Parking tickets? Why Kate doesn't have to worry about them any more
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Last updated at 4:04 PM on 19th March 2011
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The family she is marrying into famously doesn’t carry money. So perhaps Kate Middleton was just getting a little practice.
Certainly, she’ll have needed an exceptional excuse to escape London’s traffic wardens.
For when Prince William’s fiancée made a trip to a London store this week, she didn’t pay the £4 it should have cost to park her Audi A3 in the pay-and-display bay.
Hassle-free: Kate Middleton returns to her Audi A3 yesterday after escaping a parking ticket
Instead, she left it to a police protection officer watching from another car to send the wardens packing.
According to onlookers, Kate pulled into a the pay and display bay, directly below a warning sign, and jumped out of her car to duck into the Peter Jones store in fashionable Chelsea.
Fifteen minutes later a traffic warden ambled on by and, noticing Miss Middleton's failure to pay, began taking down the details of her car.
Warned off: A police protection officer has a word with a traffic warden who let Kate off without a fine
But a police protection officer, who was following Kate, quickly hurried over to explain to the traffic warden who the VIP driver was.
An onlooker said: ‘I saw a warden arrive and he started to take down the car’s details. Then an officer arrived, flashed his badge and had a chat.
'Whatever he said persuaded the warden not to issue a ticket.’
This one hasn't paid and displayed? A traffic warden homes in on Kate Middleton's Audi
Witnesses report that two separate parking officers approached the car, but both times were shooed away by Kate's minders.
Miss Middleton later returned to her car with a female protection officer in tow, perhaps none the wiser to all the fuss.
The bride-to-be had had security detail since the announcement of her engagement in November.
The buyer who spent £78,000 at auction on the dress which first attracted William to Miss Middleton has been revealed as millionaire property broker Nicholas Roberts, 34, from Jersey. He had wanted to keep his identity secret, but his eccentric uncle phoned a local radio station to unmask him.
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Parking tickets? Why Kate doesn't have to worry about them any more
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Last updated at 4:04 PM on 19th March 2011
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The family she is marrying into famously doesn’t carry money. So perhaps Kate Middleton was just getting a little practice.
Certainly, she’ll have needed an exceptional excuse to escape London’s traffic wardens.
For when Prince William’s fiancée made a trip to a London store this week, she didn’t pay the £4 it should have cost to park her Audi A3 in the pay-and-display bay.
Hassle-free: Kate Middleton returns to her Audi A3 yesterday after escaping a parking ticket
Instead, she left it to a police protection officer watching from another car to send the wardens packing.
According to onlookers, Kate pulled into a the pay and display bay, directly below a warning sign, and jumped out of her car to duck into the Peter Jones store in fashionable Chelsea.
Fifteen minutes later a traffic warden ambled on by and, noticing Miss Middleton's failure to pay, began taking down the details of her car.
Warned off: A police protection officer has a word with a traffic warden who let Kate off without a fine
But a police protection officer, who was following Kate, quickly hurried over to explain to the traffic warden who the VIP driver was.
An onlooker said: ‘I saw a warden arrive and he started to take down the car’s details. Then an officer arrived, flashed his badge and had a chat.
'Whatever he said persuaded the warden not to issue a ticket.’
This one hasn't paid and displayed? A traffic warden homes in on Kate Middleton's Audi
Witnesses report that two separate parking officers approached the car, but both times were shooed away by Kate's minders.
Miss Middleton later returned to her car with a female protection officer in tow, perhaps none the wiser to all the fuss.
The bride-to-be had had security detail since the announcement of her engagement in November.
The buyer who spent £78,000 at auction on the dress which first attracted William to Miss Middleton has been revealed as millionaire property broker Nicholas Roberts, 34, from Jersey. He had wanted to keep his identity secret, but his eccentric uncle phoned a local radio station to unmask him.
daily mail
The Royal Canadian Mint is releasing collector coins commemorating the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
http://ca.royalwedding.yahoo.com/bl...5-cent-royal-wedding-commemorative-coins-3497
http://ca.royalwedding.yahoo.com/bl...5-cent-royal-wedding-commemorative-coins-3497
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^ Oh God they've come up with everything. Way to cash in RF.
Are they really that hard up for cash?This is ridiculous. I know royal weddings are about the spectacle, but come on. They're verging on tacky. I would feel better if they sent someone out to buy a bottle of the most expensive fragrance on earth. It would (a) cost less and (b) probably smell better.
Also, I really hate to be all "Won't someone think of the CHILDREN???" but... is this really the proper economic climate to be commissioning fragrances for royal weddings, especially when they have said they're trying to be less ostentatious this time around?
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I don't.
They are in England as well!
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^ Triple yuck!
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@ WC, I'm sure their not dumb enough to name it thatWell it was inevitable that they would bring out all these things. It will make a lot of money for businesses and feed the economy too. What I want to know is, does the Royal Family keep the money they make from the official souvenire they commissioned? I thought Royals (world wide) were not allowed to profit from these kind of things - seeing as citizens pay for their up keep!
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^All I have read about this is that Hamburg perfumer Kim Weisswange says she was commissioned by the British royal family to create William and Kate's official wedding fragrances but the royal family's PR people won't confirm it.
And it doesn't say much more than that. I am sure more information/facts will come out soon.
And it doesn't say much more than that. I am sure more information/facts will come out soon.
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Wow, a celebrity fragrance? I die to know what it's like.
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